Gerry's Blog

Blog migration

2007-02-07T21:14:00.000+08:00

I already change my blog address to http://incubo.wordpress.com ..plz update blogroll hehehe

My Last Post

2006-11-11T20:32:00.000+08:00

I would like to close my blog. It's been a whole year I started to blog my day. I never been able to stay in 1 blog for a year before, what a n achievement haha. But it's kinda sad, which i will not elaborate it here.

The post between Nov 2005 - Oct 2006 which i found really interesting 4 me to be read next time:

November 2005:

December 2005:

Posting Tertunda Dari Atas Rel (+/-24 jam)

February 2006:

March 2006:

May 2006:

June 2006:

Tobacco: Deadly in any Form or Disguise

July 2006:

August 2006:

September 2006:

October 2006:

Bread and Jam Story

...and it's concluded. Thanks for all the comments and little attentions. Gonna miss this...

107 Posts

Rooney gave the answer (red - hattrick)

2006-10-29T03:57:00.000+08:00

21 years old this week (24 October), a young superstar Wayne Rooney just gave himself a birthday present . It was a hattrick to The Wanderers' goal. It was also an straight and clear answer to media doubt regarding to his unstable performance since World Cup 2006. And I agree wif Mr.Fergie..it was a World Cup hangover. But let's move on..here is the Wonderkid that we know. The Wonderkid who scored a fabulous goal to Arsenal David Seaman's goal. Now, he is back on track, signed by his hattrick.

Here is the media attention (which Rooney never able to get out of):
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=156144
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/6072862.stm
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/news/

Wayne Mark Rooney, born 24 October 1985 in Liverpool. Unlike most people who put Liverpool FC as their boyhood team, Rooney's loyalty remain to Everton FC - Liverpool rival. Joined Everton FC and live up his name by being the youngest player who score a goal in Premiership (16 years and 360 days). In 2004, he transfered to Manchester United and continue his magnificent contribution both in club and International team. He suffered a metatarsal injury few weeks before World Cup 2006 began, which create his own set-back. (Wikipedia - Wayne Rooney). Until this very day.

Why is he so special? For me simply because he always kick any ball with passion and heart. He has no physical advantages with big build (for an athelete..) and average heights. But be sure that he will run and kick until the final whistle blown. His upperbody balance and skilled control put him as one of the strongest striker I ever know. Complete striker, I may say...he can score, he can create opportunity for his teammates and good defense. But sometimes his aggression don't always in his favor. Like any youngsters, he has quite bad-temper, so red card is quite familiar with him. Or maybe he has Roy Keane or Eric Cantona as his role models, I don't know. One more thing, his style of defense remind me to Gennaro Gatusso, who I admire in defensive football.

More about Rooney in YouTube.com:

Compilation of Wayne Rooney (before WC 2006)

Rooney Tribute World Cup 2006

Viva Rooney, Viva Man U, Viva AC Milan ( haha paan sih..?)

Learn to Fly - Foo Fighter

2006-10-28T19:06:00.000+08:00

Run and tell all of the angels
This could take all night
Think I need a devil to help me get things right
Hook me up a new revolution
Cause this one is a lie
We sat around laughing and watched the last one die

And I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something to help me burn out bright

I'm looking for a complication
Looking cause I'm tired of lying
Make my way back home when I learn to fly

I think I'm done nursing the patience
It couldn’t wait one night
I'd give it all away if you give me one last try
We'll live happily ever trapped if you just save my life
Run and tell the angels that everything is alright...

I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something to help me burn out bright

I'm looking for a complication
Looking cause I'm tired of trying
Make my way back home when I learn to fly
Make my way back home when I learn to

Fly along with me, I can't quite make it alone
Try to make this life my own

Fly along with me, I can't quite make it alone
Try to make this life my own

I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life (sign of life)
Looking for something to help me burn out bright

I'm looking for a complication
Looking cause I'm tired of trying (tired of trying)
Make my way back home when I learn to

And I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life (sign of life)
Looking for something to help me burn out bright

I'm looking for a complication
Looking cause I'm tired of trying
Make my way back home when I learn to fly
Make my way back home when I learn to fly
Make my way back home when I learn to… (Learn to, learn to, learn, to learn to…)

...and I remember

2006-10-25T13:38:00.000+08:00

Almost make a same mistake as i did. But I remember that I'm in a good hand.

The trip to Genting yesterday was quite fun and I did learn somethin. Everything around is not always what it seems to be. I learned that a good friend is a friend who always remind you, even they don't intend to do so. It's never to late for me actually, coz I always reserve second thought.

And precious things should always remain.......

NB: St. Louise Cardinals won Game 3 of World Series today. Watched the game at ESPN, but I thought it was post-season. The Great Albert Pujols.

It's time that matters

2006-10-24T03:52:00.000+08:00

It.s 3.48 in the morning and tomorrow trip to Genting forbid me to sleep. Why? Coz it will be almost impossible for me to get up at 6.00 o'clock. Yea...2 hours to sleep? give me a break. So I torched myself and keep my eyes open till 6. What would I do now?

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First of all, Selamat Hari Raya buat semua yang merayakan dan mohon maaf lahir batin. Sayang sekali gw ga bisa pulang karna ada exam. Hiks...mana keluarga besar mo ngumpul di Jakarta semua lg dan gw disini bagaikan anak bawang. I don't do the teaching very well in my life, but I do enjoy the family gathering and every year since I study here...I never be able to go back and do that. It's all because EXAM!!!

Selamat Hari Raya dan semoga amal ibadah diterima dengan baik di mata-Nya.

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Last few weeks, Supernova struggled hard for her problem. Apparently, there was a problem wif my NVidia Card (Video Card). I tried everythin to heal and put her to the best performance. From re-install the driver to sent email to Mozilla...I thought it has somethin to do wif my browser. None of the effort I did good enough to repair my computer. Supernova kept auto-off every time I opened WMP. Until yesterday...

I opened http://www.yogyafree.net to get some info about disk cleaner. Accidentally, my eyes stucked on the online magazine they published few months ago. It's about overclocking. I don't know what overclocking is, but it said somethin about enhancing the Video Card performance, especially NVidia card, and mine is NVidia Gforce FX 5200. Bingo!!! I've been loking for this kind of shit forever.

The software called RivaTuner, can be downloaded here. I can't give too much explanation, coz it's already there at Mr.Google World. After overclocking, my Video Card is better than ever. No more shitty things happened.

One more information that I grabbed from yogyafree.net was TuneUp Utitlities 2006. It's best for any computer which barely taken care. Such as: messed up fragment, shattered registry key, or too many startup on WinXP. I used Windows Advance Care once, but it's nothin compare to this one.

It can:

- Enhance performance of the computer
- fasten/ at least cleaned up the internet connection
- Recover/ back-up files
- Delete any data that cluttering in ur computer (unfinished un-intallation)

Trial version can be grabbed from softpedia.com ( here )

Thank you to X-Code and Yogyafree.net

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Breaking News...!!

Following IE7 launching last wee k, Firefox 2.0 also ready to be downloaded at 24 October 2006, which is today. According to ComputerWorld, Firefox 2.0 include new features such as built-in antiphishing controls, built-in RSS and XML feed-viewing capabilities and a new in-line spell checker.

It is only took a week for Mozilla to finalize Firefox 2.0 after the release of Firefox RC 3 last week. In my computer now, I have IE7, Firefox 2.0 and Opera 9.0. Guess wat? I found Firefox as the best browser in security, compatibility and visual.

One more things for Firefox user...if anyone plan to install the new Firefox 2.0, take notice that some of the extensions and add-ons won't working.

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It's 5.44 in the morning.
It's time that matters for me now. Never enough.

Listening -------
Staind\2005 - Chapter V ===>> Right Here.mp3

Al Pacino is REAL

2006-10-20T06:18:00.000+08:00

Al Pacino is known from his role as a soft-spoken crimelord in Godfather Trilogy at 1970's (as well as Marlon Brando. I watch the trilogy over and over and over again....every year when I am at my hometown. Never buy it, I just rent it, coz I know for sure that it will be a waste if I buy it. Not because it's not worth it or somethin, simply just because it won't last long. I would lost it someday and I don't want to do that.

I thought that's all about Al Pacino and completely wrong I was. ...And Justice for All (1979) and Scent of Woman (1992) came along. In both of this movie, I saw the real quality of Pacino. Real actor with genuine characteristic. Nobody act like he does...i think, maybe becoz he has theater background. He is great, total and full of surprise. Especially in Scent of Woman, it's really amazing how he acted as a blind-ex-colonel with severe depresive disorder. He emphasized word at their own place and sometimes shouting out of nowhere. Also full with his famous "Whhoooaa!!", Pacino's original word.

Below I share some of the best scene captured from Justice for All and Scent of Woman. I named it "Out of Order I" speech and "Out of Order II" speech. Oh ya, here is some idea...watch those movies!!

2006-10-20T05:25:00.000+08:00

"Out of Order I" speech by Pacino - And Justice for all

Taken from 1979 Pacino's movie, Justice for All. I bought the DVD few years ago, just because Pacino's name on it. Guess what? It's worth it every single penny. Al Pacino plays Arthur Kirkland, an incorruptible attorney who attempts to initiate reforms in the Maryland justice system. In the other hand, he forced by his swore enemy, Judge Fleming to act as his lawyer for a rape case. Later on, he discovered that Judge Fleming is real guilty. Dilemma between stand by his principal and step out of this business or deny his principal and be somebody that he doesn't.

The video above taken from the last scene in court. When Arthur Kirkland attack his own client, Judge Fleming in front of the whole court and media.
Follow up my favourite monologue:

Arthur Kirkland: [takes a moment to gather himself]
The one thing that bothered me, the one thing that stayed in my mind and I couldn't get rid of it, that haunted me was WHY??
Why would she lie? What was her motive or lying?
If my client is innocent, She's Lying. Why?
Was it blackmail? No. Was it jealousy? No.
Yesterday, I found out why.
She doesn't have a motive. You know why?
Because she's not lying.
And ladies and gentlemen of the Jury..........
the prosecution is NOT gonna get that man today, No!!
Because I'M GONNA GET HIM!
My client, the Honorable Henry T. Fleming, SHOULD GO RIGHT TO FUCKING JAIL!
The son of a bitch is GUILTY!

Full Monologue for "Out of Order I" speech

2006-10-20T03:56:00.001+08:00

"Out of Order II" speech by Pacino - Scent of Woman

THe scene from Scent of Woman, which make Al Pacino won his Oscar. Just feel like to share it. I watched it about 5 or 6 years ago at HBO. It's fuckin awesome, man. This blind man was tryin to impress the board committee with his blowin speech. If anyone want to see a great performance of a REAL actor...proudly present Lt. Col. Frank Slade

my favourite part here, the famous "out of order" speech:
"Out of order!!
I'll show you out of order!!
You don't know what out of order is Mr. Trask!
I'd show you
but I'm too old, I'm too tired, and I'm too fuckin' blind.
If I were the man I was five years ago I'd take a FLAME-thrower to this place.
Out of order, who the hell do you think you're talking to?"

Full Monolgue for "Out of Order II" speech

grey chamber dalam illustrasi asal

2006-10-19T08:18:00.000+08:00

Tiba-tiba otak gw kok seger yah? jadi pengen nulis sedikit...

Topik kali ini diinspirasi dari novel Sir Arthur Conan Doyle dari sang karakter utamanya, Sherlock Holmes. Gw ingat di salah satu novelnya, Sherlock ngobrol ma Mr.Watson bahwa dia suka sekali tenggelam dalam sel otaknya yang abu-abu. Kok abu-abu? gw jg ga ngerti namanya jg novel. Tp yg penting sejak itu, gw selalu menganggap bahwa otak dimana kita menyimpan memori dan ide itu warnanya abu-abu. Bukannya merah seperti di dalam buku biologi.

Bagaimana kalo otak itu bukan hanya sekedar segumpal jaringan-jaringan nyaris bulat, tapi lebih menyerupai ruangan dengan kita di dalamnya? Warnanya tetap abu-abu, tp di-upgrade dengan menyerupai ruangan baca, dengan banyak buku, sebuah kursi dan sebuah meja. Ingatan-ingatan kita di-ilustrasikan dengan buku-buku dan catatan dalam rak-rak yg tinggi. Ingatan penting mungkin bukunya masih bagus dan rapi, dengan catatan2 kecil, sebaliknya kalo ingatan ga penting ato yg bisa gampang lupa cuma ditulis dalam kertas2 dan berserakan. Kalo dipikir-pikir mungkin Grey Chamber gw isinya penuh ma kertas A4 berserakan dimana-mana...gw sering lupa, so....

to be continued....

when u know u re rite

2006-10-16T19:33:00.000+08:00

Actually there is nothing special for a couple of days that worth to be written about. But for me, everything is special, everything has their own interesting side. Coz "I am the king in this business, so..." haha

I just realize this couple of weeks, my impression of others is getting better and better. It's been a long time since I listen to it. Not because I'm superstitious or somethin, more coz It's never right. I tended to judge people far before I know them. It sounds ridiculous and girly haha, that's what happened. And more I did that, more guilt I felt. So I stopped...

Few days ago, I found rare occasion and start to do that again. know what, I was right. My gut feeling started to roll again. It feels real good when u re rite. Especially if it's a positive judgement. I'm not trying to be judgmental, it's just extraordinary satisfying.

The more I'm getting closer to the edge, the more good thing and feeling comes and say "u don't wanna do that, not now". I paid my due, time after time, I've done my sentence...but still a long way to be a champion

NB: we have the power, we re divine...but do they have guts to follow the sign? I do...and I don't give a fuck to whoever doubt me

2006-10-13T14:58:00.000+08:00

Helloween - Power

Satu lagi dari Helloween..we've got the POWER, we are DIVINE..

2006-10-13T14:55:00.000+08:00

Helloween - Before The War (High Live)

Udah dari tahun 1999 cari MP3 nya...malah dapat videonya di YouTube.com (cakep dah....). One of the father of Heavy Metal...

2006-10-13T14:46:00.000+08:00

Neville and Robinson own goal vs Croatia Euro Qualifier

what a luck....

Blogwalking

2006-10-13T01:35:00.000+08:00

Udah lama banget ni gw ga blogwalking. How re they doin yah? Jadi kangen blog nya Mas Enda ma Mas Priyadi, dan kalo laper ke blog nya Goodeaters. Akhir-akhir ini maen mulu, jadi agak terbengkalai "kewajiban" gw sebagai blogger. Oh ya, ke tempate nya Haze deh kalo gitu...mo nyari cerita konyol.

*jalan-jalan versi digital*

Dark Cloud upon Red Sail

2006-10-12T09:59:00.000+08:00

Are they kiddin me?
Weigh the anchor
It's done...It's passed by
Adrenaline rush
Momentary losses
Temporary fears

Dark is callin
"My home....!!"
So the Red Sail
Never come about

Red is my blood
heavy stream
my sleepin medley
I can forgive
I’m not ashamed to be the person that I am today
haha

-gerry-

NB: Rusak mood pagi hari gara-gara telpon satu aja....annjjjiiingggg!!!!!!

It's just not pretty

2006-10-12T04:41:00.000+08:00

Amusing not in a good way.

Gw selalu menyangka kalau manusia itu vulnerable, dan gampang membuat kesalahan. Seperti menyinggung perasaan orang lain dan sebagainya. Gw pribadi ga pernah dengan sengaja menyinggung perasaan orang lain sehingga orang lain merasa tidak nyaman, bahkan marah. Jadi bagi yang pernah merasa tersinggung karna gw, itu tidak pernah disengaja.

Meanwhile,
Ada juga orang yang dengan terang-terangan menyinggung perasaan orang lain. Secara umum, perasaan vulnerable manusia terbagi 2:
1. Vulnerable by act
2. Vulnerable by event

Vulnerable by act berarti ketidak-mampuan seseorang untuk bertahan menghadapi tekanan dari perlakuan orang, contoh: sindiran, dll
Vulnerable by event berarti ketidak-mampuan seseorang bertahan menghadapi tekanan dari suatu kejadian2 negatif, contoh: kematian, dll

Nah...sekarang orang-orang tsb dengan terang-terangan menghajar self-esteem orang lain dengan sindiran, ejekan atau bahkan menjadi seorang big-bully. I talked about the cartoon exhibition shown by an amatuer video, which made by people from Anti-immigrant party in Denmark. Hahaha....dunia makin kacau aja, bukannya makin berpegangan tangn.

Anti-immigrant party? WTF? They sure haven't ready for globalization yet. One of the worst term, other than "labor". From the party we sure recognize instantly what is the motive of this party. I wonder why this kind of party still exist in this secular world. When USA struggle hard to get along with minorities by applying "affirmative action", at the other part of the world some narrow-minded try to attack everyone who jeopardize their...actually I don't know what, purity? I just don't get it.

Enough wif the party. They just a bunch of idiot people who can't afford anybody else to be somebody.

China Post today reported that Danish TV aired the cartoons of Prophet Mohammad publicly. I am not sure how free they are as a member of community there in Denmark. But I personally fell, that was out of line. They keep playin with this old wound, over and over. Fortunately according to Zaman Online, the Danish Muslims said they won't be provoked by that cheap shot.

The good thing is the government tried their best to prevent civil unrest.

Freedom of expression..? haha give me a break. Even your Mom won't let you to insult your neigbours or other people. All I say, Denmark need some regulations to control the flow of the media. They don't have to be as extreme as China - who btw just unblock Wikipedia from the internet -, but if it can't be stopped, sooner or later...that kind of act will lead to somethin bad (like this one.....). Pluralism, should be followed by plural mind too u know.

btw nothing in this world should be a regret, but lessons that should be taken.

Tanggapan dari Indonesia:
- Muzadi, Din, Hidayat Kutuk Lomba Kartun Nabi
- MUI Kutuk Perlombaan Kartun Nabi Muhammad di Denmark
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England menangis kembali (dan skrg lebih keras tangis-nya)

Memang tim yang satu ini aneh bin ajaib, sudah seri lawan Macedonia bukannya makin bagus pas lawan Croatia, tp malah makin parah. Sekarang malah kalah, lewat gol yang menurut gw ga perlu banget. Gw dah nyerah dukung Inggris *fiuhh...*.

England - Croatia : 0 - 2

Goal: Da Silva '61, Gary Neville (og) '68

Nonton di Restaurant Sri Bedara tadi, dan jujur gw bilang kalo Inggris mengecewakan sekali. Serangannya ga ngalir kaya dulu lagi. Eksekusi bola mati juga ga banyak harapan sejak Beckham keluar dari timnas Inggris. Gol bunuh diri nya Gary Neville malah bikin gw terutama sebagai pendukung Inggris, tambah sakit kepala. Robinson malah nyalahin rumput...hajar balik rumputnya, bozz.

Lengkapnya baca disini aja

(McLarren) Waduh...nasib gw ga jelas bgt ni skrg

(Croatia Coach) naik gaji...naik gaji!!!

(Robinson) Ngentot ni rumput!! gw injek loe...!!

Scott Parker (white) struggle hard

Picture taken from TheFA.com

NB: WIkipedia kok ga bisa buka ya? susah kali mo nyari referral...

Exhausted...

2006-10-07T05:24:00.000+08:00

Man, I should be given a medal for my sleep habit here...and still, 2 hours from now, will be at basketball court. I made a promise. Moga-moga aja si Adi ma yg laen ga ketiduran...bisa nangis gw kalo mereka ga ada di lapangan.

Gw beli buku tadi siang di Pyramid, kayanya cukup berisi. What are people thinkin actually? I really wanna know. Does Marxism still workin in this world? This book more likely tell about how - i call it - New Renaissance crush Marxism. One thing in my mind, is there any New Napoleon out there?

Bread and Jam Story.....

2006-10-06T03:25:00.000+08:00

Bagi yang suka sarapan pagi, pasti kenal baik dengan yang namanya dengan roti. Pas masi SMP dan SMU dulu, gw hampir tiap pagi makan roti dan segelas susu kedelai. Kata mama sih baik untuk kesehatan. Tapi sayangnya, ga seperti roti manis atau bun...roti tawar itu adalah jenis makanan yang kesepian. Sesaat sebelum dimakan, roti selalu dioles dengan yang lainnya. Entah selai, mentaga, kismis, meses (kalo ga salah gitu tulisannya..), coklat. Kalau di TV, biasa ngeliatin orang barat yang bikin sandwich pake selada, trus ditambah tuna, salmon, smoked beef dll. Roti (tawar) ga bisa sendirian, begitu dikasi teman trus dimakan...kadang2 kalo dipikir-pikir malang juga nasibnya haha.

Gw adalah tipe manusia yang menciptakan kebiasaan sendiri (work around habit) dan biasanya bisa bertahan lamaaaaa sekali baru bisa diubah. Salah satunya adalah kebiasaan gw ngoles mentega di roti. Biasa memang, tapi masalahnya gw cuma suka ngoles mentega di roti...ga pake coklat dan ga pake selai. Dan itu bertahan selama beberapa tahun, bahkan sampe sekarang. Ada yang punya mentega?

Tapi ga semua selai itu harus dimakan dengan roti. Salah satu makanan favorit gw malah selai kacang dan selai strawberry. Selai strwberry sih baru akhir-akhir ini aja ngetesnya, tapi kalo selai kacang sudah kenal sejak lama. Cara makan dua selai diatas ini luar biasa gampang, cuma perlu selainya, jari dan lidah. Buat yang ga bisa memenuhi 3 syarat tsb, dengan sangat menyesal gw mesti bilang kalo itu "sangat disayangkan". Berikut cara makan selai kacang ala gerry:

1. Beli selai kacang atau strawberry
2. Buka tutupnya
3. Cuci tangan dulu
4. Pilih diantara 5 jari sebelah kanan terserah yg mana (gw blom pernah coba jempol..)
5. Masukin jari di dalam selai, trus putar mengitari botol
6. Angkat dan makan
7. Hidupkan lagu Samantha Fox - If music be the food of love

Beberapa hal yang perlu diperhatikan dalam makan selai (tanpa roti) ini:
1. Kalau selai kacang, beli yang ada serpihan kacang nya...karna lebih kerasa
2. Liat tanggal expire nya, kadang karna dah napsu lupa meratiin hal2 kecil kaya gini
3. Pisahkan dari selai yang dipakai buat roti, karna bisa terkontaminasi
4. Jangan pernah berbagi, selain jorok...jangan pernah bagi2 sesuatu yg enak huahaha
5. Jangan pernah ketiduran sembari makan selai...lengket disana-sini (pengalaman ni...)

Efek samping yang MungKin terjadi:
1. Kecanduan akut...
2. Jerawat...ini sih buat cew, gw mah cuek aja....

Sedikit sisi lain Gerry, dengan cerita Roti dan Selai nya......
3.

Andaikan aku bukan manusia, melainkan.....

2006-10-04T04:09:00.000+08:00

Superman.......
gw pengen bisa berada di 2 tempat yang berbeda dalam waktu bersamaan. Melakukan hal-hal di luar akal sehat, tanpa perlu melawan makhluk super lainnya. Cukup mengumpulkan minyak tumpah dari kilang, menyedot lumpurnya Lapindo, meruntuhkan gedung tua, melapisi kembali ozon atau lainnya.
gw pengen jadi SUperman, yang bukan superhero....cukup jadi superhuman.

Angin......
melantunkan bunyi dan membelai daun, tanpa ditanyai macam-macam. Siapa yang pernah mengeluh dan mempertanyakan sang angin? Dia merusak, mengangkat, berhembus, mendorong...tanpa ditanyai orang lain. gw cuma pengen jadi orang yang bisa berbuat apa saja tanpa ditanyai alasan. Kalau bertanya "buat apa angin berhembus?"...bukankah itu pertanyaan bodoh?

Jam weker....
tidur mampus, konstan tapi bikin orang bete di pagi hari.

Air, tapi bukan darah.....
mengalir fleksibel, tanpa perlu dipompa.

Batu....
diam, tapi dilewati oleh banyak orang. Ini mimpi gw, dilintasi karakter...dilintasi wangi...dilintasi pemikiran. Menjadi batu adalah mimpi orang-orang yang suka mengamati "serangga", tapi tidak mau "disengat".....

Karna mempertanyakan tujuan adalah krusial dan tabu.

Can't u see it?

NB: tulisan diatas dibuat dengan gemetaran.....excited.....ketakutan......terjebak........but will never free, til u know u re free

Hiatus

2006-09-24T02:44:00.000+08:00

Untuk sementara gw akan sedikit intropeksi dan berpikir (lagi). Dalam 1 atau 2 minggu udah balik dan nge-blog lg..

Gokart First Round: Group Champion

2006-09-16T19:47:00.000+08:00

Pertandingan Go-kart yang pernah gw singgung disini akhirnya dimulai hari ini. Dengan berbekal kemampuan dan pengalaman seadanya (itupun kalau ngetest track 2 hari sebelumnya, tanpa pernah sekalipun menyentuh yg namanya gokart, disebut sebagai pengalaman hehe), tanpa malu team Padang88 melaju dengan pe-de di track gokart.

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*kedengaran lagu Franz Ferdinand dari hp gw jam steng 9 pagi ini*

Gerry: hallo *masi ngelindur..*
Tutur: oii ger, bangun...mandi, jam 9 kita jalan ke Extreme Park
Gerry: oooo ya...ya seep
Tutur: jgn tidur lg yah...
Gerry: ok bozz

*matiin telp, lanjut tidooorrr..."

jam 9.....

tok..tok.tokk!! duk..duk...duakkk!!

Gerry: (ngen***, sapa sih?) *ngelindur mode masih on*

gw berdiri dan buka pintu.....trus ngeliat si Tutur dah rapi...
selama 1-2 detik gw mikir.."ngapain dia kemari pagi2 gini?"

*bangun mode langsung on*

Gerry: Wadduuhhhhh!!!! Njing, ketiduran...!!!
Tutur: Walahhh...oiii, gw duluan yah, nanti nyusul aja loe ke Extreme Park
Gerry: okay2...ntar gw nyusul *bergaya panik*

Rencana mau mandi, tp begitu liat kasur kok jadi pengen tidur lagi ya? Tarok badan bentar kayanya gpp nih..
sampaiii....
jam 9.45 hp gw bunyi lg...dan kali ini gw langsung sadar

Gerry: oiii, napa? *suara dibikin keras supaya dikira dah bangun en dah mandi*
Tutur: dimana loe?
Gerry: masih di kondo...
Tutur: dah mandi?
Gerry: udah....
Tutur: cepat datang, jam 10 mau mulai *kedengaran dari sebaliknya si bob teriak2 ga jelas*
Gerry: ok bozz

Sekali ini langsung sambar handuk, mandi, gosok gigi, cukur kumis dikit dan tancap gas hehe alhasil telat 20 menit....lho? kok track gokartnya sepi? gw kirain dah selesai balap nya hehe rupanya blom mulai.
lega........

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Sedikit informasi, Yeo Hiap Seng, perusahaan makanan dan minuman Singapura mengadakan acara Isotea Triple PLay di Extreme Park tanggal 16-17 September 2006. Triple Play maksudnya ada 3 kategori pertandingan yaitu: Futsal, Gokart dan Paintball (mirip Airsoft-gun..). Dan apakah itu Isotea? Menurut Green Apple, Isotea itu adalah produk baru Yeo Hap Seng, perpaduan antara minuman isotonik + green tea. Kayanya produk yg satu ini lagi promosi habis-habisan, yg menurut gw perlu karna rasanya....absolute CRAP!!! Gw pernah minum 100Plus (minuman isotonik) dan pernah juga minum green tea, tp perpaduan keduanya dalam Isotea? Saran gw, kalo masih sayang ma perut dan ga mau memusnahkan simbiosis dalam lambung, lebih baik jangan minum...TRUST ME!!

Gokart Competition: Padang88 Rules!!

Jam 10. 30 pertandingan gokart (satu2 nya event yang kami ikuti..) dimulai dan diputuskan memakai nama Padang88 sebagai nama tim. Katanya sih namanya diambil dari tim motor (terkenal) di Padang, don't ask..i have no idea.

Secara keseluruhan ada 14 tim yang ikut pertandingan gokart, dan dibagi 2 babak (masing-masing 7 tim) :

Babak 1 (siang) ===>> kami (Padang88) di babak ini
Babak 2 (malam)

Tiap babak diambil 4 babak untuk maju ke final round hari Minggu. Jadi besok hari Minggu, total 8 tim yang akan saling tabrak.

Pada awalnya kami pesimis dengan kemampuan sendiri, karna tampang lawan kaya professional semua. Ada yang bawa helm sendiri, bawa sarung tangan sendiri...sedangkan kami cuma modal (..........), gw pun ga tau modal apa. Setelah beberapa free session, kepercayaan diri mulai tumbuh, apalagi tim Padang88 dijambangi oleh Tutur (capt tim) yang notabene juara drag race motor di Padang (hehe yg penting mental balap nya ada....). Berikut susunan line-up setelah free practice dan timing (berdasarkan urutan main..):
1. Tutur (capt)
2. Bob
3. Bob (2x main, soalnya kami kekurangan 1 pemain yg harusnya 8 orang..)
4. gw
5. Fergus
6. Adi
7. Vincent
8. Frans

Keterangan:
Karna dalam babak ini ada 7 tim dengan masing 8 pemain, tiap race ada 7 pembalap dari masing2 tim dan karna setiap anggota tim pasti main 1x, jadi ada 8 race semuanya (ket: ga mungkin ketemu sama teman dari tim sendiri). Tiap race akan dipilih juara 1,2 dan 3. Pemenang 1 dapat 5 poin, pemenang 2 dapat 3 poin dan pemenang 3 dapat 1 poin. Juara babak akan ditentukan dari akumulasi poin dari semua pembalap tim tersebut.

Race pertama
Pertandingan pertama dijalankan oleh Tutur. Race pertama ini dikategorikan sebagai pertandingan paling brutal dari keseluruhan race. Mungkin karna semua mau menang, hampir semua pemain lupa kalo mereka ini maen gokart dan bukan main bom-bom car. Bayangkan aja gokart 150 cc ditabrak-tabrakin, jelas aja pertandingan jadi sedikit kacau. Pada race ini jg panitia menentukan bahwa untuk seterusnya, para pemain yg mo maen "bom-bom car" akan didiskualifikasi. Tutur, sebagai korban paling parah dari semua insiden (nabrak ban pembatas track, sampai tangan luka2) akhirnya keluar jadi juara 1.

Race 2-7
Mulai ketauan kalau Padang88 punya pesaing ketat, team Green Lightning (ini ceritanya sedikit kaya komik...hehe). Sampai race 7, Green Lightning menempel ketat dalam perhitungan poin keseluruhan dan bahkan melewati. Sekarang poin Padang88: 15 point dan Green Lightning: 18 poin.

Race 8
Race penentuan ada di tangan Frans. Sebenarnya Frans saat itu baru aja selesai maen futsal dan kelihatan kelelahan. Rupanya muka boleh lelah, semangat Frans tetap menyala-nyala...dari start sampai finish, Frans terus berusaha konsisten menjaga posisi 1. Masalahnya cuma 1: pembalap Green Lightning tepat berada di belakang Frans. Kalau posisi tetap seperti itu samapi finish, poin tim Padang88: 20 poin dan Green Lightning: 21 poin. Memang kecelakaan itu datang kapan aja, tiba2 pembalap Green Lightning yg tepat di belakang Frans melintir tepat di tikungan dan menabrak pembatas trak. Mobil Green Lightning stuck di pembatas dan langsung disusul oleh pembalap2 lain, kontan dari urutan 2 langsung terjun ke urutan terakhir. What a luck!! Soalnya kejadiannya cuma 2 atau 3 lap sebelum finish. Frans urutan pertama dan Padang88 juara grup.

Meskipun juara grup atau tidak ga jadi masalah buat babak final nanti, hehe tunggu dulu...gengsinya itu luar biasa. Kami kumpulan amatir yg baru pegang gokart 1 minggu terakhir dan tiba-tiba menang, gmana ga seneng?

Besok babak final, hope for the best!

Kesimpulan pertandingan:
1. Tutur ==> 5 poin ( 1st place )
2. Bob ==> 0 poin ( 4th place )
3. Bob ==> 3 poin ( 2nd place )
4. gw ==> 1 poin ( 3rd place )
5. Fergus ==> 3 poin ( 2nd place )
6. Adi ==> 0 poin ( 5th place )
7. VIncent ==> 3 poin ( 2nd place )
8. Frans ==> 5 poin ( 1st place )

Total poin: 20 poin

Keterangan gambar: (berdiri dari kiri) Bob, Vincent dan Tutur (jongkok dari kanan) Fergus, gw dan Adi

Quiz time

2006-09-16T02:24:00.000+08:00

Skali-skali ngisi quiz....Inspired by Kimveer Gill, a blogger who did shooting spree in Montreal, Canada

Beberapa quiz:

You scored as Special Ops. Special ops. You're sneaky, tactful, and a loner. You prefer to do your jobs alone, working where you don't come into contact with people. But everyonce in a while you hit it big and are noticed and given fame. Your given the more sensitive problems. You get things done, and do what has to be done.

"VULCAN NECK PINCH!!!"
"owww.......(slump)"

Special Ops

100%

Support Gunner

75%

Officer

75%

Combat Infantry

56%

Medic

50%

Engineer

38%

Civilian

31%

Artillery/Armor

25%

Which soldier type are you?
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Take the quiz:
Which famous dictator are you?

Attila The Hun
You're Attila The Hun! You're probably not the most sophisticated dictator but you're the most disgusting... No question about that. You commit any ruthless act you can think of to scare the crap out of your enemies. And it works. You may not have remorse, but you've got a strong stomach, that's for sure. Oh well, at least you get a ton of women. You love land, you conquer any land you possibly can and suck it up, as well as its resources. It is necessary to mention that you were a very powerful conquerer. You accomplished much in that field. Parasite. Oh, and you died from a NOSEBLEED after getting drunk on your wedding night. Genius.

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You scored as Murder. You would most likely kill someone, so watch out mr.anger management.

Murder

83%

Fraud

75%

Public Nudity

58%

Theft

50%

Being Drunk in Public

What crime would you most likely commit?
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You scored as Angel. Angel: Angels are the guardians of all things, from the smallest ant to the tallest tree. They give inspiration, love, hope, and positive emotion. They live among humans without being seen. They are the good in all things, and if you feel alone, don't fear. They are always watching. Often times they merely stand by, whispering into the ears of those who feel lost. They would love nothing more then to reveal themselves, but in today's society, this would bring havoc and many unneeded questions. Give thanks to all things beautiful, for you are an Angel.

Mermaid

75%

Angel

75%

Faerie

75%

WereWolf

59%

Demon

50%

Dragon

50%

What Mythological Creature are you? (Cool Pics!)
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Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.

2006-09-13T00:36:00.000+08:00

Balas dendam dengan definisi:

"Usaha untuk membalas kepada seseorang atau suatu kelompok atas perlakuan negatif yang diterima atau dirasakan oleh subjek"

Siapa yang tidak pernah merasakan balas dendam? Jawabannya "ga ada". Semua orang mau balas dendam atas sesuatu, baik balas dendam karna rasa malu, kehilangan, ketidak-berdayaan, atau kematian. Salah satu alasan kenapa dunia tidak pernah damai.

Contoh nyata dapat dilihat dari Hitler pada masa Nazi Jerman.
Hitler membenci Yahudi, karna Hitler merasa tersisihkan oleh orang Yahudi semasa muda. Yahudi pada masa itu (apparently until now..some might say) adalah kumpulan orang-orang sukses, terutama dalam ekonomi. Oleh karna itu Hitler, pada masa pemerintahannya, Hitler amat membenci orang Yahudi secara membabi buta. Propaganda membenci Yahudi tanpa alasan yang jelas dan bahkan melakukan pembantaian terhadap rakyat Yahudi (genocide), adalah praktek nyata kebencian Hitler.

Dan masih banyak balas dendam lainnya yang menjadi basis dan tujuan perang. Ingat Afghanistan? dan perang-perang lain dengan asas balas dendam yang terlalu malas gw baca karna punya alasan alternatif untuk menutupi emosi yang tersembunyi.

Apakah gw menentang balas dendam? Jawabannya tidak, tapi sejauh apa loe bisa berpikir dan seluas apa pandangan tentang persepsi human behaviour, that's the question. Ada beberapa orang yang mencuri dari rumah bos-nya karna dipecat dari pekerjaannya. Ada pula yang membunuh cuma karna ditolak wanita. Ada yang menghina atau menyebar fitnah karna merasa iri dengan kesuksesan orang lain.

Ada pula yang cuma diam menerima perlakuan negatif dari orang lain dan bahkan berkata

"If we practice an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless"

Perkataan diatas diucapkan oleh seorang pejuang humanist yang dikenal dengan nama Mahatma Gandhi.

Hitler mungkin memiliki pandangan yang sempit, dikarenakan kekurangan dalam fisik sehingga memiliki kecenderungan untuk mendominasi secara luas. Dalam pschycological terminology, orang dengan kekurangan fisik dan mental akan memiliki kecenderungan lebih besar untuk menjadi seorang psikopat.

Bagaimana dengan gw? Misalkan terjadi hal yang extremely shocking atau di luar ambang batas kesabaran, apakah gw akan membalas? Jawabannya adalah tergantung. Sebagaimana parah beban mental yang akan gw terima? Misalkan ada orang yang mengatakan hal yang buruk tentang gw tanpa alasan, gw akan evaluasi diri dan bertanya "salah apa yg gw?". Kalau ada orang yang rampok gw, gw cuma akan lapor polisi. Tapi misalnya ada orang yang membunuh orang yg gw sayang, gw ga akan cari, buru dan bunuh orang tersebut tanpa berpikir (jujur, memikirkan nya aja bikin badan gw bergetar...).

Balas dendam itu adalah salah satu kebutuhan emosional manusia yang natural. Memang tidak akan menjadikan dunia menjadi dunia yang damai dan tentram, but it meant to be. Sejauh mana kontrol diri bisa dilakukan, karna diantara semua makhluk hidup cuma kita, manusia, yang bisa melakukan kontrol diri.

Kira-kira begitu pandangan gw tentang balas dendam dan secukil dunia impian.

dan..............................

4 September 2006, Steve Irwin meninggal dunia setelah disengat oleh ekor ikan pari. Steve Irwin alias Crocodile Hunter adalah host acara Crocodile Hunter yang gw ga begitu familiar atas nama besar beliau. Yang gw tau beliau ini sangat dihormati orang-orang, terutama pencinta binatang.

semua nya wajar-wajar aja, sampai.....

Detik.com mengeluarkan berita yang berjudul: 10 ikan pari dibantai pasca tewas nya "Croc Hunter" dan ternyata ikan-ikan pari tersebut dibantai oleh orang-orang yang kesal dan dendam atas tewasnya Steve Irwin disebabkan ikan-ikan pari tsb.

Kembali ke soal balas dendam, apakah itu juga bisa dikategorikan wajar? Jawabannya "People must be out of their mind". Buat apa bunuh hewan yang membunuh karna insting-nya? Binatang seperti ikan pari tersebut membunuh mungkin karna merasa terancam oleh kehadiran manusia atau lainnya. Rasanya ga ada alasan jelas kenapa pembunuhan ikan pari tsb terjadi. Yang menurut gw cuma fanatisme buta terhadap Steve Irwin.

My point for writing this just why is this all getting messed up? Rational is barely used no more. Sampai binatang pun dibunuh untuk balas dendam, nah sekarang siapa yang binatang?

Little bit of conversation...

2006-09-08T21:56:00.000+08:00

I went to KL tonight and I was alone. Just to make sure that all this will make sense to me, so going alone was my choice. I went to Tun Abdul Razak to tell them that the "requirements" had been fulfilled. Don't worry, it has nothing to do with crazy thought that people might be think of.

I came into the building with decent suit, coz it's kinda big. First impression might be very important for them. I entered the building and caught in sort of conversation with the receptionist.

gerry: Hi, I am Gemawan. Would like to have some information regarding the ********
recep: O..okay. I hope you already know what to do
gerry: errr....I'm not sure actually. This is my first time to be here.
recep: have u already know the requirements? If not, I'll explain to you..
gerry: I'm quite aware of that. Thanks.
recep: How old are you?
gerry: I am just turned 21
recep: Ok great. Have you meet the other 2 persons?
gerry: That's why I'm here. It's rather difficult to find them
recep: (smiling) I know, you should have good connection for that.
gerry: so, what should I do?
recep: I'll give some of their email for you to be connected. You know you have to, rite?
gerry: I know...sorry
recep: here some quick questions. Are you a student?
gerry: Yes
recep: do you have any religion?
gerry: errr...I have my birth-religion,which is Moslem.
recep: do you religious?
gerry: really not.
recep: do you believe?
gerry: hah?
recep: do you believe?
gerry: Ooo..okay. Yes, I am.
recep: okay. before you leave, please write your email address and you will hear from us shortly
gerry: okay. (and I leave)

I think it will take longer than it should. What should I do now? Maybe I just wait.

Tears in Hell

2006-09-07T17:57:00.000+08:00

I've made my journey
Thou abyss and "Luci" do
sip in the middle of nowhere
host by spirit
sound like an angel
"here is your path"
"you should choose"
"now, you lost"

Who said there is no wine in hell?
Who said there is fire in hell?
Who said there is always white in heaven?
Who said angels are singing in hell?
I have my own paradise
My third-eye
not blind

I have no doubt that there is a princely garden
Afterlife
Created in heaven?
I said
What the hell?

- Gerry -

I don't care if there is Hell or Heaven. How about judgement day? I'll say "just be positive, even though we are not electron"

Insomnia talk

2006-09-06T05:09:00.000+08:00

Insomnia gw makin lama makin parah nih, kalo ada yang tau obat yg cocok plzzz tolong kasi tau. Udah keterlaluan, masa jam segini gw ngantuk aja ngga? Untung gw ga ada kelas ntar *fiuuhhh*. Ini sekilas kegiatan gw 12 jam terakhir:

Balik dari lapangan basket jam steng 8, mana keujanan lg
Beli burger di sidegate, buat makan malam (males keluar lg...)
Sampai kamar langsung ketiduran, ga lupa makan tapi lupa mandi
Kamar gw diketok ma Onny, gw buka langsung lanjut tidur lg hehe
Jam steng 10 bangun, mandi trus ngisi questionare nya si Onny
Onny pulang, dimulailah ke-insomnia-an gw
Download ini dan itu
Nonton Pearl Harbour gw di SuperNova gw
Maen Battlefield: Modern Combat di PS2
Chatting bentar
Nonton Munich
Browsing ini itu
dan 10 menit yg lalu gw kehabisan rokok (luar biasa....arrrrgggrgggrgrhhhh!!!!) (5.13 in the morning)

Sampai kapan gaya hidup kaya gini bakalan berakhir? Lucunya pas gw exam ga pernah kaya gini, bawaannya mo tidur terus dan ga mau bangun2. hahaha

kemaren sore gw rencana nelp cew gw buat cerita kalo gw ga bisa tidur akhir2 ini. Belum sempat gw cerita, doi bilang kalo dia lg ga enak badan, jadi ga enak cerita tentang gw. Ntar malah jadi pikiran, ya udah....akhirnya gw kasi wejangan ini itu, padahal gw yg lagi butuh wejangan huehehehe. Cepet sembuh, syg.

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Adalagi percakapan yg menarik antar gw dan Tutur kemaren sore (jg):
Tutur : ger, loe jadi kan nonton GP? (Grand Prix di Sepang hari Minggu.. - red)
gw : jadi donk..
Tutur : gw mo pergi bentar lagi beli tiket, kartu pelajar loe mana?
gw : (demi diskon, cepet2 ngeluarin student card..)
Tutur : lho, yg punya Sunway ga punya?
gw : gw cuma punya yg Monash aja
Tutur : oooo ok..oya, loe mau kan maen gokart?gw dah daftarin soalnya...
gw : seepp (bertanya-tanya kok pake daftar2 segala, kan cuma sekedar maen...)
Tutur : Iya, katanya ada pertandingan gokart di Extreme Park..(nada ga salah apa2..)
gw : *langsung mangap dan ngangak*
Tutur : tandingnya masih 2 minggu lagi kok (pura2 ga ngerti maksud gw ngangak..)
gw : gw ga pernah bawa gokart sebelumnya kok tiba2 tanding? (ngangak mode masih on)
Tutur : loe bisa bawa mobil kan? pasti bisa bawa gokart....
gw : hanya keajaiban yg bisa menyelamatkan gw (frase yg selalu kami pakai kalo dah kaget...)
Tutur : iya, soalnya tadi ada yg minta daftar..gw kepikiran nama loe, gw daftarin aja..
gw : ajaib!!

skrg gw mikir kapan mo latian walau sedikit. kok latian?.......supaya ga bikin malu dunia akhirat!!

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Daritadi gw cuma donlot ini itu dan browsing kesana kemari. Ketemu 2 buah video klip yang dah lama gw cari2, judulnya Gangsta Paradise-nya Coolio and Get Low-nya Lil Jon. Walau Chris Rock bilang Get Low-nya Lil Jon ini sangat degrading women, tp tetap aja gw suka musiknya. Dua-duanya gw dapat dari DC++, software P2P mirip kaya Kazaa dan Limewire, tapi ini khusus buat internal kondo gw.

Sekedar info, Gangsta Paradise-nya Coolio adalah soundtrack film Dangerous Mind (1995), gw ga gitu kenal ma starring cast-nya. Gw dulu nonton di Indovision pas masih di Indo, ga ingat kapan. Cerita nya sih tentang guru cew yg masuk ke sekolah yg bisa dibilang dihuni ma anak2 nakal (entah kenapa di-identikkan dengan orang kulit hitam dan Mexican). To get respect, si guru cew ubah penampilan jadi lebih sangar (baru ingat, si guru cew ini agen FBI..kayanya sih undercover, dah lupa). Selanjutnya gw ga ingat, tp yg pasti soundtracknya gw selalu tau kalo denger dimana aja. Yang mau lagunya klik yg di bawah (cuma MP3 nya, kalo Video Clip nya kelamaan ntar donlotnya)

Gangsta Paradise by Coolio

Pernah dengar lagu India? kalo mo jujur, gw ga suka sama semua yg berbau film India beserta inspektur2 nya. Tapi, bagaimana kalau lagu India itu memakai irama-nya Peterpan? Yang beda bisa dibilang liriknya aja, aransemen nya sepertinya jiplak abis dan cuma mempercepat beat-nya.

Lagu ini dapet dari kooleblog, entah bajakan atau bukan sih gw ga peduli. Yg tertarik donloat klik yg di bawah (lg)

Kya Mujhay Pyaar Hai by unknown

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Kayanya cukup segini dulu buat hari ini...mo maen PS lg, kebetulan belum ada tugas buat waktu dekat hehe nyantaiiii....!!

They say I got ta learn, but nobody's here to teach me ,
If they cant understand it, how can they reach me?
I guess they can't; I guess they won't
I guess they front; that's why I know my life is outta luck, fool!

by Coolio on Gangsta Paradise

saat Enya ga bisa lagi jadi lagu nina bobo

2006-09-04T05:00:00.000+08:00

Udah hampir jam 6 pagi tapi gw masih ga bisa tidur, mungkin karna kebanyakan minum Nescafe Gold nih. Kalo gw paksain tidur skrg, kelas gw jam 11 bakalan ke-skip ma gw, jadi ga putuskan untuk ga tidur aja hehe. Padahal sudah dicoba pake segala cara buat bikin gw ngantuk, dari denger lagu-lagu nya Enya sampai dengar gitar solonya John Petrucci di lagu Glasgow Kiss-nya. Tetap aja mata gw ga mau kompromi sampe sekarang. Badan gw aja udah ngos-ngosan ngikutin kebiasaan mata gw yang susah sekali buat ditutup ini.

Jadi buat bunuh waktu gw buka Kaskus , forum yang bisa dikatakan yang terbesar milik Indonesia. Dari segala macam diskusi, sampai jual beli antar anggota ada disini. Jangan pikir cuma sebatas Indonesia atau Asia Tenggara, karna Kaskus punya regional sendiri: Australia, Amerika, Eropa, pokoknya semuanya. Gw udah jadi anggota Kaskus sejak tahun 2003 dan masih banyak forum yang belum gw jelajahi.

Jujur, dulu gw gabung Kaskus cuma buat ngeliat yang bokep-bokep aja hehe. Sama sekali ga ada intention buat buka yang lain, taunya juga dari teman yang udah lama jadi Kaskuser sejati. Sekarang? Walaupun masih menyempatkan diri membuka yang aneh2, tapi sekarang waktu browsing Kaskus gw tersita buat memperhatikan Forum Fight Club nya punya Kaskus. Ini bukan fight beneran, seperti pukul-pukulan atau tendang-tendangan. Sejak tau sub-forum yg ini, gw langsung jatuh cinta dan addicted to it. I'll tell you the reason later.

Trus apa itu Fight Club? Fight Club adalah sub-forum yang diperuntukkan bagi mereka yang kritis (terlalu kritis malah...) dalam memandang suatu pokok persoalan, dalam arti menyatakan secara gamblang apa dalam pikiran mereka dengan maksud memanaskan diskusi tersebut (kalo ga mau dibilang memanaskan situasi yg udah panas..). Disini loe bisa nge-bahas topik-topik yang jarang dibahas secara terbuka dan juga memungkinkan untuk menghina satu sama lain. Jangan kira hinaan yang ada di dalam forum ini masih dalam tahap kewajaran, karna sepanjang pengamatan gw...hinaannya sudah di luar batas. Cukup dibaca aja loe bisa marah dan mencak2. Topik-topiknya berkisar agama, ras, kepercayaan, teori konspirasi, isu pemerintahan dan topik sensitif lainnya. Saran dari gw: Berkepala dingin dan tetap objektif itu penting.

Sejauh ini sih gw belum pernah kepancing buat meledak dan mem-posting sesuatu yang berkesan subjektif dan idiot. Kenapa gw suka Fight Club? Karna disitu gw bisa dapat informasi yg ga pernah tau sebelumnya dan bisa mengerti pandangan beberapa orang tertentu tentang masalah yang spesifik. Yang gw ga suka cuma ada beberapa orang yg sepertinya dengan sengaja memncing di air keruh dan mem-posting sesuatu yang memancing orang lain berkomentar dengan nada bodoh dan seperti tidak berpendidikan.

Satu lagi yang gw pelajari dari Fight Club nya Kaskus, sepertinya ada peraturan ga tertulis bahwa there is no such thing as polite manner. Jadi jangan menyangka kalo loe nulis yang bersifat netral dan sopan akan dibalas sopan juga, bisa dimaki-maki malah.

Kalo tertarik mo gabung dengan Kaskus, cukup kunjungi situsnya dan register . Ga susah kok dan masih banyak sub-forum lainnya, seperti Jual-Beli, Poetry, Supranatura dan lain-lain. Be a Kaskuser

NB: Free speech lead one to another. What will be next...not being skeptical, just wondering

21 tahun

2006-09-03T11:01:00.000+08:00

Fiuhh...udah 21 tahun aja umur gw hari ini. Di umur sekarang ini, Mozart, Newton, Bill Gates dan Warren Buffet udah jadi orang besar. Sedangkan gw? gw masih tetap jalan di tempat menikmati yang namanya kuliah, ngabisin duit ortu dan ketawa-ketawa menjalani hidup.

Have a nice dinner night yesterday, there was 8 of us. Not a bunch of people like last year, but that was nice. I was hoping that turning 21 will not be a big deal for me (which I always afraid of..). We went to Coca Restaurant at Pyramid, which I found really nice place and went for a lot of talk last night, I mean Our Talk (which will never be understood for some other people..haha).

Thanks to Bob, Tutur, RIchie, Onny, Laura, Celly and Yonk2. Turning 21 will be very hard, without you guys. Anyway they also told me that birthday treat before the actual birthday will bring a bad luck, haha thanks but I don't really care.

My girlfriend forgot my birthday, and she made up already (with tons of apologize, coz she thought my b-day will be at 9th Sept hehe). Love her and no matter what happened, she is more precious than a stupid birthday.

All I care that I am 21 this very day, I have everyone precious surround me (parents and friends) and also a lovely life. Thanks to God with his permission to stay here a little longer.

but still, 21?? aaarrrggggghhh...........

NB: lupa bawa kamera digital wallaaaahh...ga ada poto2 nya deh

Jadi orang baik itu susah

2006-08-30T02:58:00.000+08:00

Sapa bilang jadi orang baik itu gampang? Memang sih dari kecil kita dah diajarin sama papa dan mama untuk berbuat baik dengan sesama. Kayanya ga ada deh orang tua yang ngajarin anak-anak nya buat ngerampok, nyuri, berkelahi atau bahkan menyontek. Kita juga diajarin bagaimana untuk berbagi dengan orang lain, baik materi atau sekadar dukungan moral. Contoh kalo waktu kecil kita jatuh, pasti ditolongin ma orang tua, diangkat, ditanya "dimana yang sakit?" atau "lain kali hati2 ya". Ga ada deh kayanya orang tua yg bakal bilang "mampus loe, meleng sii...makanya jalan liat2!". Kalo ada yg pernah diginiin ma ortu plz bilang ke gw, unik bin ajaib hehe.

Kembali kepada gampang tidaknya menjadi orang baik. Dengan semakin tuanya dunia ini, ternyata menjadi baik itu tidak selalu gampang. Adakalanya menjadi baik itu adalah stadarisasi baru dalam menentukan setinggi mana/ seluas apa pandangan seseorang dalam hidup. Menjadi seorang yang baik tidak lagi menentukan moral seseorang atau menandakan kualitas latar belakang seseorang.

Contoh:
Ini cerita sewaktu SD, pas kebetulan pergi ke Aussie sama sodara. Ketemu ama orang ngamen di jalan, di bule ini ngamen dengan alat musik seperti gading gajah ( ga inget apa namanya..). Menurut gw "it's awsome" so gw kasih pengamen tadi duit AUS$1, yup s-a-t-u dollar Aussie dalam bentuk keping. Trus gw cerita ke sodara gw kalo gw ngasi segitu, trus dia bilang "ngapain dikasi AUS$1, dikasi 10 cent juga cukup disini" trus dia ketawa seperti ngatain "loe ga ngerti kurs ya?". Let's not talk about currency, semua itu cuma niat baik gw buat ngasi si pengamen dgn duit segitu. Gw suka musiknya dan "what the hell, he deserved it". Itu contoh sederhana bahwa niat baik itu tidak selalu tepat di mata orang lain.

Apa yang menyebabkan orang enggan untuk berniat dan berbuat baik? Semua itu disebabkan karna semakin berkembangnya ilmu tipu muslihat di antara manusia. Sodara gw tadi ga mau ngasi pengamen banyak2 karna malu diketawain orang dikirain ga ngerti currency. Orang jadi takut/malu berbuat baik karna takut dibilang bodoh/idiot/ga ngerti situasi/jarang bergaul. See why it's gettin harder to make this world become a better world?

Kira-kira seperti ini pembatasan yang mana bisa disebut baik. Gw bukan Tuhan, jadi ga ngerti mana yang disebut baik dan mana yang tidak baik. Tapi persepsi publik secara keseluruhan adalah seperti ini, terutama komunitas dengan tingkat kemapanan dan pendidikan tinggi. Mereka mau tidak mau harus lebih waspada dengan tingkat "kebaikan" yang ada di sekitar, dan bertanya-tanya dengan segala bentuk "kebaikan" yang didapat.

Paranoid terhadap kebaikan? Memang istilah yang lucu, tapi inilah bentuk modern paranoia. DImana percaya 100% itu adalah tabu dan semua hal itu patut diwaspadai. Ironis, tapi cukup masuk akal....

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Tulisan diatas di inspirasi oleh sms yang beredar tanggal 28 Agustus 2006 di sejumlah ponsel di Malaysia yang kira2 berbunyi:

Urgent! If u c a car
WFE2365 wira aero
green color pls call to
police.a 18yrs chinese
gal just kidnapped by
5 malays at parade
rooftop carpark.pls
help 2 fwd

Salah seorang blogger Malaysia dengan kritis mempertanyakan keabsahan dari sms tsb dengan analisis nya sendiri. Entah benar atau bukan, ternyata sms itu berbeda dengan kenyataannya.

Sama juga dengan email spam yang sering gw terima di email, yang menang lottery lah (kira2 seperti contohnya si farah ini..), atau ada yang mo ngasi warisan lah atau ada yang minta bantuan pake surat berantai lah. So silly and pathetic, find a better way to make fool of other people.

Karna dunia tidak akan pernah lagi bersih....

I've tried to do something good for a friend few days ago, but nothing I got other than accusation. At least I felt it like an accusation. At least I know, good intention is never enough...and I don't give a FUCK anymore...

Letter to be sent Upstairs..

2006-08-29T00:49:00.000+08:00

I suppose nobody wanna hear me whining all over the place about what's wrong with everything. If you a good listener, what are you about to witness is more likely will be beyond your imagination. I have a very long list to complain about, and not even single of it has anything to do with my own life. Let me get it straight, I have a perfect life and promising day ahead of me.

The question will be "why should I complain about everything?". A little brief of myself, I am more likely a easy-come-easy-go person. I barely have guts to complain with anybody around me, scared of dragging them off with me.

When everything get upper-handed, let me write something. I would like to send a letter to Supreme Being or God upstairs who I believe existed. Since I am an agnostic, I don't have any particular name for Him. I don't know how much is it cost, but still...let me write.

Dear God,
I know You've been busy all this time, and have no reason to even listen to a low-life like me. But lend me some of Your time, and read my letter and feel the grief I attached in here.

First of all, how is it goin? Everything have been quite rough lately, huh? I don't know what kind of media information do You have there, I am sure you had noticed (or one of your messenger had told you) about everything going on here.

God, It's messed up down here, and everybody are crying. In case you haven't noticed yet, the war never stop, God. Even though we, humankind, already told about Cain and Abel as the foundation of hatred...but still, we can't accept this. Nobody want to get hurt or see anybody else get hurt. When we think that everything is getting better, something else is coming up at another place. I don't understand anything about what they called politic, but they have already goin too far. I can smell blood, hatred, rage and revenge everywhere around this world, which I don't understand. I just don't get it, but still I am a mere human with no different than others.

Talking about differences, I am glad that we were born with significant differences. I can't imagine if we are all the same. I don't want other peoples are just like me, as others don't want to be just like me. I love tea and some others love coffee, that how should it works. It must be planned far before you created human kind, I give you the biggest creadit for this. Know what? I've been going out with a girl, who totally different with me and I admire her with all the differences. And amazingly, so does she..I am not the one who love differences.

But plz, just make one similarity between others. Make them understand Your plan, make them really appriciate differences, make them enjoy differences. Because that's not what happened lately. People blame each other, threaten each other, kill each other, all because differences. I don't really understant which one, but it must be between race, religious, political way of thinkin...name it. Everything have their own way to be solved without any hardship or foolish fight, rite God? They don't understand.

I am not saying all the people are bad or narrow-minded. Some of them are really care about each other, they help, they lend their hand, they send their support for the name of humanity. But it's never enough, always someone somewhere need something. I feel really ashame to not able helping with this tiny hands, but someday I hope I could.

I still have alot to say to You, but I don't want to waste Your time. It's just a thought, in case You are giving us a test, it's just too hard and awfully getting worse and worse. And for now and then, we might keep a low grade or even failed You.

Yours Forever,
Gerry

Get me a mailman, Now!!

Manifesto

2006-08-26T19:20:00.000+08:00

What is hypocrisy? and why people tend to let themselves to be one, but deny it. What kind of situation will hiprocrisy will be suited best ? In order to be a better world, is it necessary to be a hypocryte? By reviewing in certain way, I declare myself as a hypocrite.

Hypocrite is a person who act differently with their own beliefs. For what I've seen and felt, people are not robot, which had been set to do particular things for any particular situation. In some way, human tend to amuse or satisfy what had publicly approved.

Just for an example:
" 4 people are going together to see a carnival, 3 of them are more likely to ride jet coaster. To satisfy the others and avoid unnecessary argument, the last person will try to forget to go for merry-go-round and join the others."

The foundation of civilizations were base on the ability to question any issues which felt not true or need to be reviewed.

Let's forget about civilization and join me in our daily life. Have you lie to others? or at least you lie for the sake of others? or you save your opinion for the sake of others? Some of them are called liar and others are called tolerant person. I am a big liar and also a tolerant person. The difference between these two are:

Liar cannot be helped
Tolerant person is not helping
Liar tend to save their own ass
Tolerant person tend to save others, at least not hurt others

Beside pile of assignments (all due this week), which prevent me from blogging, even blogwalking. The last few days were quite rough for me and some of it pull me to the edge. This quite personal which I won't describe it here, but I've made decisions for the sake of myself.

I'll stop being tolerant, both in daily life and in blogosphere.

Blogging Manifesto:
1. fully use my right to write as blogger to express my feeling, personally or as member of society.
2. criticize respectfully anything with my own standard of value.
3. responsible with anything I've said publicly
4. appriciate any comment and critic which told in decent manner
5. pay more attention to others property of rights (ex: link )

NB: I'm just few more steps to be exploded and I'm happy. To be a people's person is a weakness

Tata surya kita memiliki 12 planet (still in discussion..)

2006-08-17T15:26:00.000+08:00

Berapa buah planet dalam tata surya kita? Kayanya ga perlu jadi astronomer deh, kalo harus jawab pertanyaan cupu kaya gini. Di semua textbook, dari SD sampai SMU *yg dasar2 aja, jgn yg scientist punya...hehe*, planet di tata surya kita berjumlah 9 buah. Apa saja itu anak2?

*dengan nada anak2 ngapal pelajaran langsung jawab*
Mercurius, Venus, Bumi, Mars, Jupiter, Saturnus, Uranus, Neptunus dan Pluto.

Itulah jawabannya tentang jumlah planet di tata surya kita. Tapi setelah 24 Agustus 2006, jawabannya akan lain. Lho kok tanggal 24 Agustus 2006? Karna International Astronomer Union (IAU) mengadakan gathering ke 26 dari tanggal 14 - 25 Agutus 2006. Dalam pertemuan ini, akan ada kemungkinan bahwa planet dalam tata surya akan mengembang dari 9 planet menjadi 12 planet. Keputusan voting akan dilaksanakan tanggal 24 Agustus 2006.

12 - 9 = 3, jadi ada tambahan 3 planet dalam tata surya kita. Mereka adalah Ceres, Charon dan 2003 UB313 (Xena). Jika ketiga planet ini ditambah ke dalam tata surya kita, maka susunannya akan jadi seperti ini.

Perdebatan tentang definisi planet menjadi topik utama dalam pertemuan IAU tersebut. Untuk menjadikan 3 planet ini menjadi bagian planet dari tata surya, para IAU harus menyetujui proposal baru tentang pendefinisian planet yg baru (baca disini):

“A planet is a celestial body that (a) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (b) is in orbit around a star, and is neither a star nor a satellite of a planet.”

Alternatif lainnya adalah penyetujuan definisi pluton sebagai bagian dari sistem tata surya. Pluton adalah planet dengan karakteristik menyerupai pluto dan tidak sama dengan planet. Jika proposal pluton ini disetujui, maka tata surya akan memiliki 8 planet dan banyak pluton. Contoh kategori pluton adalah Pluto, Ceres, Charon, 2003 UB313(Xena), Sedna, Quaoar, etc

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Indonesiaku (Dirgahayu ke-61)

2006-08-17T14:39:00.000+08:00

Indonesiaku
darah, tanah dan air mata
hamparannya hijau
singsingannya jingga
kobarannya merah
gulungannya biru
putih tulangku merah darahku

Indonesiaku
pijakanku tegap
genggamanku erat
gumamku deras
tatapanku tulus
dalam
putih tulangku merah darahku

Dirgahayu Indonesiaku ke 61

--gerry dalam kesetiaan abadi--

Blogger.com dalam kemudahahn dan fleksibilitas

2006-08-16T14:16:00.000+08:00

Apa yang membatasi kita untuk membuat sebuah weblog? Apakah itu kemampuan berkomunikasi secara tulisan? atau kualitas content? Kedua hal diatas itu bisa dikatakan relatif, dengan makin menjamurnya weblog di komunitas online dunia. Seseorang bisa dikatakan informatif, yang lain mengatakan kontroversial, ada juga yang romantis dan ada pula yang pesimis. Boleh dikatakan pembatasan content itu sudah tidak ada, semua punya caranya masing2 mendeskripsikan pandangan dan visinya (frankly or abstract). Tidak seperti koran atau majalah yang mempunyai standarisasi kualitas penulisan yang jelas, dibantu moderasi dari sang editor (kadang pemerintah jg ikutan).

Jadi apakah yang membatasi para calon blogger ini untuk menikmati blogosphere? Jawabannya adalah script, baik Java, HTML atau CSS. Banyak calon blogger yang malas buat nge-blog karna segala bahasa browser ini. Jadi ingat pertama kali nge-blog dulu, kebingungan sama yang namanya template itu. Ga pernah tau dimana meletakkan shoutbox atau bagaimana caranya meletakkan link. Terima kasih buat Lili yang pertama kali mengenalkan galaksi blogosphere ini. Dulu yang namanya blogthings belum sebanyak sekarang, tempat memburu templates cuma di blogskins.com. Sekarang sudah banyak sekali, terutama buat yang pakai service nya Blogger.com. Kebingungan akan HTML dan CSS akhirnya berkurang setelah beberapa lama, karna memaksa diri untuk mengutak-atik HTML. Jadilah sekarang ini bisa menambah-nambah sidebar sendiri, walau masih pakai template orang lain hehe kurang daya kreativitas nih.

Friendster.com adalah yang pertama kali mempermudah para blogger untuk membuat sebuah weblog. Di Friendster kita tidak perlu mengutak-atik HTML nya untuk merubah letak sidebar, main content atau footernya. Cukup dengan men-drag dan meletakkan sesuai keinginan kita di halaman preview-nya. Jadi bagi yang tidak mengerti atau tidak mau direpotkan dengan HTML, Friendster's blog adalah layanan terbaik. Kelemahan Friendster adalah tidak adanya sarana untuk mengedit tampilan yang fleksibel, jadi HTML editor tetap diperlukan bagi seorang blogger yang pesolek.

Blogger.com mengerti dengan apa yang diinginkan oleh para user dan calon usernya. Kemudahan dan fleksibilitas adalah kuncinya. 2 hari yang lalu Blogger.com meluncurkan Blogger Beta yang bisa diintegrasi dalam Google Account. Jadi para user Gmail bisa log-in dalam Blogger dengan account Gmail-nya. Kebetulan gw punya account Gmail, jadi langsung aja nyobain layanan yang masih dalam develompent stage ini (klik disini..). Di Blogger versi BETA ini, menurut Blogger Buzz kita bisa:

Mengkategorikan postingan (misalnya: kategori teknologi, kategori umum, dsb..seperti Wordpress.com)
Bisa membatasi siapa saja yang membaca blog
Kemudahan pengaturan tampilan, bisa hanya dengan mouse (kalau mau HTML juga bisa)

Bagi yang tertarik dengan Blogger versi BETA ini, tapi belum punya account Gmail, silakan email ke gemawan.w@gmail.com..ntar gw invite. Semoga aja dengan ini semakin banyak para blogger yang memperkaya ruang pikiran di Blogosphere ini.

I have a dream that one day this blogosphere will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-recognized, that all words are interpreted equal without bias. (quotation and edited from Martin Luther's King speech)

Digg.com

2006-08-15T13:03:00.000+08:00

According to the Business Week, Digg.com enter the #24 most popular websites in US. The website link the "diggers" to another stories which I say "have been moderated by society". Unlike online newspaper who "very amusing" by write sometimes cencored by the editor. I found Digg.com is edited and also criticize by online community. This new booming websites more or less will be very attractive by bloggers. Not only that, the users also can make friend with the other "diggers", which may have same perception or vision among each other.

Digg.com is the new revolution in social netwerk to share news and though. Not just, "how are you doin..?" online community. Friendster.com and MySpace.com are the among players, which seeing that making friends is the most important thought. In the other hand, the desires to have "thought to thought" friends never been able to be satisfied. Okay, you say Friendster.com has buletin board to share thoughts. hmmm...not quite right, if u say buletin board with title "20 questions about me" or "another 20 questions about me" are useful thought...man, you really have to get a job. According to aphophenia, Friendster is not about who you know, but how many...

I will love this new site, just like I love Google News hahaha hope they will put more features, like snippet banner or something.

The rest will be post sometimes else.....

Layout Newsline

2006-08-13T02:46:00.000+08:00

Sekali lagi gw tukar layout, meski gw ga yakin gw bertahan ma yang ini. Masih coba ngepas-in dengan shoutbox dan banner. Gw pikir-pikir ada bagusnya kalau gw pake background warna putih kali ini. Desain layout gw kali ini harusnya seperti koran, tp udah ga keliatan lagi tampilan korannya. Kebanyakan banner sih di side-barnya. Tapi seperti sebelumnya gw masih pakai layout yang simple dan (semoga) enak dipandang. Tampilan main post masih gw biarkan lebar, soalnya gw suka post pake image yg diikuti kalimat, supaya ga keliatan seperti huruf yg numpuk-numpuk ga keruan hehehe

Layout ini (sekali lagi) diambil dari blogger-templates.com dan didesain oleh Carrie Petri, dengan judul Newsline. Favicon baru disebelah URL gw itu diambil dari Julia, makasih atas ijinnya. Btw favicon diatas itu seharusnya huruf G warna hitam putih, tapi mungkin karna pixel nya dah amburadul malah jadi kaya topeng item putih hehe biar deh yg penting huruf G(erry).

Kalo ada yg merasa tulisannya kekecilan tolong kasi tau yah....

How the war amuse me...

2006-08-11T04:33:00.000+08:00

I should say, beside the vast casualties and innocent victims of the war (which I send my admiration to your bravery and also for your unfortunate events), the war itself is wuite amuse me. At first I saw a war as a full of crap, as full of nonsense. Killing each other for no reason. But why it is different now?

The fundamental of war itself that I found it really interesting. What is the fundamental of war which could cause severe destruction for one another? It is a obsession to gain something from war, from the war itself. Who will gain what? It depends on who involved on the war. It could be some people they called "terrorist" or some people called themselves "liberator". Why did you think that Cold War never went to the Open War? It's because they know that they cannot gain anything from it, but damaging thenselves economically and structurally unnecessary.

Let's get back to the main subject, the amusement and satisfaction that I get from the war. It's not the casualties, it's not the destruction, it's not the bloodbath, nor the demontration of weaponry. It's one thing only and always will, it's the media. Media which they said as an information tools, educational purposes and all the positive things base on freedom of speech. *Puicchh....* Like Fascist time in German history, the media is starting (again) to be a campaign purpose, especially for propaganda. Like I always read in some newspapers that some countries exxagerate the ongoing war by blaming the nuclear weapon that had by a countries. It's usually goes like

we really worry about the nuclear weapon that can disrupt the worldpeace and humanity

To hell with their "world peace" talks, it's nothing like that. The correct statement will go like this

The country which have a nuclear weapon will be a threat to us. The UN which (always be) soft to us will never interrupt our involvment to the war. What we try to say here that threat to our nation will be destroyed into a big pile of rubble.

Manipulate the media means manipulate the perception of society. These wars are covered up by foolish fanaticism to their own nation. Fanatism is the reflection of how vulnerable they are from outside invader, even for their own belief. Nationalism and fanatism are not too far away, my history teacher taught me that. And I will keep laughing for the sake of never ending foolishness and idiotricy.

*read and watch before you think, not otherwise*

Antara Malaysia dan Jakarta

2006-08-08T03:48:00.000+08:00

Lagi ga tau mo posting apa. Kalo dipikir-pikir sih mo posting ini...mo posting itu hehe tapi kalo dah dihadapakan sama "create post" nya blogger kok kayanya langsung ngeblur yah? Hilang semua yg namanya brilian itu hehe Yang pasti gw ngantuk banget skrg, karna dari kemaren belom tidur bikin tugas. Ngantuk...tapi mungkin karna gw kebanyakan minum kopi jadi bawaannya melek trus.

Tadi maen WE sama si Richie sampai jam 2. Tiap bentar di "pause" karna dia mo balas sms dari cew nya katanya. "Ini terakhir...soalnya dia dah mo tidur hehe sabar...". Kadang bete jg kalo lagi semangat-smangat maen gitu di "pause" tapi ya udah lah, namanya jg jauh karna cew nya lg libur di Indo. Pas dia ngetik-ngetik sms gitu, tiba-tiba dia nanya gitu "Lo ga kangen ma cew loe? kok ga ada sms?". Trus gw seenaknya aja jawab,"Udah kok tadi sebelum pergi makan...". Padahal gw tau pasti sms gw ma cew gw itu lagi gantung hehe tp tadi yg laen pada ngumpul disini abis makan, jadi lupa deh balas2 sms. Tapi guess what? gw kepikiran lho sama pertanyaan simple begitu,"Do I miss her?". "Kok gw ga kaya yg laen yah? Sms2 an trus dari siang sampai malam?". Gw tau pasti kalo gw kangen trus ma cew gw, gw malah kadang ga tahan trus beli pulsa banyak2 dan dihabisin dalam waktu kurang lebih 2 jam buat nelpon ke Indo. Jujur gw sedih banget denger si Richie nanya gitu ke gw, apa sayang gw ga cukup besar kaya orang lain? Ahhhh....langsung gw buang jauh2 perasaan kaya gitu. Jawabannya cuma satu, gw suka sebel kalo sms...sms itu buang2 waktu kadang2, en gw lebih prefer telpon langsung ke Indo. Memang sih rada-rada boros jadinya, but have u ever feel that u need to hear her voice so badly? or just want to hear she said "hello.." or "love u"? I did it all the time, tapi kalo perasaan diturutin gw bisa ga makan disini. Yang namanya international call tetap aja mahal. Andai saja cew gw punya komp sendiri di kos an-nya, gw bisa chatting trus tiap hari pake MSN atau YM (in real time..). Kadang gw mau bilang terus terang kalo gw ga kuat terus-terus an kaya gini, kuliah and stuff. Gw maunya tiap bulan itu liburan semester, tiap hari gw bisa ke rumahnya di Padang, tiap hari makan durian dan tiap hari pergi ke pantai ma dia. But how should I do that? I don't have enough courage to tell that I can't run smoothly without her. Might sound a little bit freaked out about this relationship, but hope she truly understand how I feel with all my "do not care" acting. I defend myself from any particular situation that I know that I will not comfortable with. It's not like that...really not.

I will be there and you?

Rest in here
Waiting wondering
would it be that way?
would it be a highway?
would you stay that way?
rememberin me
say that you proud for me
coz I know
I will be right here
waiting and stop wonderin

Call it a day
waitin wonderin
stil it be that way?
still it be a highway?
still you stay that way?
embracin me
say you wouldn't let go
coz I know
I will be right there
waitin and pass the option

by gerry

slanjutnya sih chorus harusnya tapi gw lupa, ntar kalo dah ingat gw tulis lg deh.

NB: Tidooorrr...kayanya gw kelewat ngantuk, jadi nulis yg aneh2. Sorry..no comments space provided

IYS Cup 2006 mulai..

2006-08-04T22:52:00.000+08:00

Yeahh...acara tahunan IYS (Indonesian Youth Society) dimulai hari ini. IYS tahun diadakan di Sunway, yg gw herannya kok ga pernah diadakan di tempat lain ya? Di Inti kek atau Lim Kok Wing kek..atau mang Sunway lebih gampang ngurusnya kali? Yang paling seru itu pas IYS Cup sih biasanya sepakbola dan basketnya, jadi cuma karna 2 hal ini gw datang nonton *ga peduli ma yg laen*

Tadinya sih mau datang cepet, tp karna gw lagi asyik tidur hari ini jadi terpaksa ditunda datangnya. Ga tau juga knapa kok gw kayanya cape banget. Untung hari ini gw ga ada kelas, jadi santai bin slamet lah.

Tadi datang ke lapangan jam 5, rencananya mo nonton Orange tanding bola. Eh...udah mulai rupanya, mana dah 1-0 lagi. Untung aja mereka ga berenti bikin golnya setelah gw datang, masih ada tambahan 2 gol lagi buat Orange hehe 3-0 deh. Viva Orange....

pindah ke lapangan basket.....

Nonton Sunesia (Sunway Indonesia) maen basket, cukup seru...tp kayanya sih Sunesia masih terlalu kuat buat lawannya *jgn tanya sapa lawannya...gw lupa* skornya sampai 2 kali lipat gitu. Bener-bener ga dikasi ampun. Ayo Sunesia....

Di tengah-tengah pertandingan basket Sunesia, gw penasaran apa sih yg dijual di bazarnya? Soalnya dari tadi ada aja orang yg mondar-mandir bawa bakso, bikin ngiler aja. Dasar sial, sampe disana baksonya dah abis...bukan skrg aja kaya gini, tahun lalu gw jg kehabisan bakso. Kayanya gw mang ga jodoh ma baksonya. Panitia IYS nya gmana sih? Bikin yg banyak gih baksonya...terpaksa gw makan mie goreng ma sosis yg dijual disana, plus es buah. To be honest, rasanya sucks semua..apalagi mie gorengnya, tp apa boleh buat..gw lg laper soalnya haha

Besok rencana mo nonton lg, moga2 aja ga telat lg.

NB: Makasi buat Shinta atas poto-potonya...

Durian, MTV dan Israel

2006-08-03T03:47:00.000+08:00

Durian itu buah puuaallling enak di dunia. Meski banyak durinya, berat kulitnya...tapi it's worth it. Kalau ada buah yang harus dilarang karna bisa menyebabkan kecanduan, durian harus jadi salah satunya. Gw ga peduli kalo "katanya" durian itu bisa bikin panas dalam, bisa bikin batuk, bisa bikin gemuk, bau dan sebagainya. Ibarat dosa, bau durian itu harga yang harus dibayar oleh para penikmatnya. Frank ma Godfrey (houzmate gw) rupanya penggila durian sejati jg...baru tau gw.

Ceritanya tadi pas di lapangan basket, tiba-tiba pada pengen durian. Denger-denger gitu gw ngiler jg, mana durian yang dibeli ma Bob kemaren ini rasanya luar biasa enak. Si Bob jg koar-koar kalo dia belinya murah, karna yang jual orang Padang jg. *Bozz, gw jg orang padang...jadi murah jg donk* dalam hati tapi bilangnya. Kebetulan, gw blom makan jadi setuju-setuju aja. Ntah gmana kejadiannya, yang lain pada nimbrung. Akhirnya kami ber-enam bela-belain jalan kaki jam stengah 11 malam ke Lagoon Perdana kaya makhluk buas, membayangkan durian dengan warna kuning emas yang super mantap *hiperbola...jgn didengerin*. Sebelum pergi gw sempet ditanyain ma houzmate mo kemana, gw bilangin mo beli durian.

Si Frank ga pake malu-malu langsung bilang
"durian ha? I also want la.."

basa-basi terus dia bilang lagi
"U go buy me some, I pay tomorrow...how? Hey Godfrey, may I borrow ur money?".

Godfrey udah ngeri liat gaya Frank yang serba buas gitu langsung jawab,
"I just have 7 RM la Frank, ask Gerry to pay for u first la..".

Si Frank dijawab gitu langsung cengar-cengir ngeliat ke gw dan gw tau apa artinya itu
"How much do u want?"

"Buy me 2, kay? I'll pay u tomorrow, how?"
dia pake kata "how" salah satu pemakaian kata yg paling gw benci di English Malaysia. how? berarti gw harus beliin donk haha tp gpp

"okay"
langsung gw cabut turun ke bawah gabung ma yg laen

Sampai di Lagoon Perdana, kiranya bener yg jual orang Padang. Dengan gaya khas orang Padang langsung megang-megang durian yg dijual tanpa nanya2 harga *napsu diutamain, harga belakangan*. Tadinya sih rencana mo bawa pulang duriannya, tp karna pertimbangan repot akhirnya makan di TKP dengan alas papan. Untung ada 7Eleven dekat sana, jadi gw ma Bob beli aer ma tissue dulu buat acara Durian Party.

Nah ketika yang laen dah KO makan durian, apa yang gw takutkan muncul juga. GW GA BISA BERHENTI!!! Untung mengingat duit di dompet yg meresahkan, akhirnya terpaksa berhenti. Sampai detik gw post ini, duriannya masih aja kebayang-bayang. F**k u durian, get out of my mind. Tapi cukup puas kok, trus pulang sambil nenteng2 durian 2 biji pesanan Frank. Gw akui yg namanya durian itu baunya Nauzubillah minzalik, meski dah masukin ke lemari dapur ma Frank tetap aja baunya nyebar kemana-mana. Kira-kira bau kamar mandi besok gmana ya?

Terima kasih buat mama yang mengenalkan durian ke gw. Kutipan beliau yang ga kan pernah gw lupa sampai akhir hayat, pas gw ogah makan durian.

Kalau kamu ga makan durian ini, kamu pasti menyesal 7 turunan

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MTV udah 25 tahun tanggal 1 Agustus kemaren. Acara TV yang paling revolusioner di bisnis musik ini udah 25 tahun saudara-saudara. Jadi ingat pertama kebiasaan dulu pas SMP nonton MTV, kebetulan udah ada Indovision. Tiap pagi sambil sarapan gw pasti nonton Non-Stop Hits nya MTV. Gw inget banget kalo nomor channel nya itu 23, abis tiap hari dipencet. Pulang sekolah pasti MTV lagi, kalo ga ada kerjaan pasti MTV lagi, kalo HBO lg kebanyakan film drama pasti MTV lagi. Jadi kira-kira gw tau apa yang dimaksud dengan "generasi MTV" itu, karna gw salah satunya.

Cuma satu yang ga pernah berubah dari MTV. Iklannya selalu ga jelas gitu. Bukan iklan produk sponsor, tapi iklan MTV itu sendiri. Lagian apa gunanya sih bikin iklan di channel TV sendiri tentang channel itu sendiri, ga efficient. Hampir tiap iklan MTV gw selalu geleng-geleng kepala, kadang kalo lagi isenk gw interpretasikan sendiri apa maksudnya berdua ma si Ganda. Ada beberapa iklan MTV yg gw ingat, kira-kira illustrasi nya begini.

Ada 2 buah robot dalam bentuk animasi sedang bertempur dahsyat. Salah satu terpenggal tangannya, trus satunya lagi terpenggal kakinya. Satu demi satu lepas dari badan kedua robot tsb. Trus tumpukan besi-besi rongsokan tsb jadi huruf MTV.

WTF?? apa coba artinya...gw asli ga ngerti. Masa artinya "daripada loe perang digital, bagusan loe nonton MTV". trus ada lagi...

Rapunzel disekap di menara yg super tinggi. Karna rambutnya yang super panjang juga, trus dijalin jadi tali buat manjat sang pangeran. Karna ketauan ma musuhnya, rambut Rapunzel dipotong dan pangerannya terjun bebas langsung ke tanah. Jalinan rambut tadi terbang dan karna angin jalinan tadi membentuk huruf MTV.

lagi2 WTF?? Team cretive nya harus dievaluasi nih. Kayanya udah frustasi cari ide. btw Rapunzel itu cerita dongeng waktu gw masih kecil hehe

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Tadi blogwalking, sekedarnya karna www.bloglines.com lagi maintenance kayanya dan ada problem di data basenya. Mapir ke blog-nya Enda Nasution (blog wajib buat dibaca tiap hari..), di quicklinks nya gw terbang ke blog-nya Adhika Dirgantara. Mas ini menyatakan sikap dan kutukan kepada Israel yang membabi-buta melancarkan serangan ke Lebanon.

Gw dengan ini menyatakan dukungan atas usaha Mas Dhika buat menyuarakan penghentian perang di Timur Tengah. Sudah ga ada lagi humanity di dalam perang tersebut, walau memang batas tersebut akan susah sekali ditarik. PBB seakan kehilangan nyali untuk bertindak tegas kepada Israel dan perang itu sendiri. Keragu-raguan PBB mungkin sudah diperhitungkan oleh Israel sendiri dengan memakan hidup-hidup nyali PBB. Amerika di belakang layar dengan propaganda anti-teroris nya malah mengompori perang. Gw harap selain dukungan moral dari para blogger yg mulai disuarakan oleh Mas Dhika ini, semoga ada langkah konkret dari dunia international.

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Alkisah....(episode 1)

2006-08-02T23:36:00.000+08:00

Alkisah di salah satu sudut gang sempit dengan rumah yang berdesakan, terlahirlah seorang insan manusia yang putih kecil mungil. Namanya Ironis, seorang bayi laki-laki sehat dengan mata cemerlang berkata "gw hidup dan gw bisa bertahan". Hari berganti hari, bulan berganti bulan dan tahunan pun berlalu. Gang itu masih sempit dengan rumah berdesakan, kali ini bertambah ramai dengan kehadiran manusia-manusia buas, arus urbanisasi katanya. Generasi baru dengan mata yang sama dengan mata si Ironis "gw (bisa) hidup dan gw bisa bertahan".

Jauh di balik "gang sempit", kumpulan manusia mendengarkan cerita dari seorang tua. Jenggot tidak terpelihara menandakan kerutan kening itu bukan buatan. Kata-katanya lembut bersahaja, dengan intonasi yang tepat tapi terasa lelah.

"Kita ini bukan manusia biasa"
"Kita ini hanya wayang dengan dalang yang edan"
"Dalang yang edan main wayang dengan edan"
"Siapa yang tahu kita ini wayang?"

Sunyi.......

"Tutup dirimu dan kau mati membusuk, letih dan mati"
"Conventional way to die..."
"But eternal way to live..."
"Panggung itu terang, gemerlapan, kotor dan nikmat..."
"Hajar ego mu, tendang nafsumu....."
"Jenggot ini tumbuhan jaman edan....."
"Cium baunya..."

Seorang pemuda maju dengan hormat...menciumi jenggot si tua, lalu tersenyum dan menghela nafasnya. Lalu mati.

"That's a new way to die...."
"but eternal way to live from now on...."

si tua letih dan sekarat

"Ragaku harum seiring aku berkata..."
"Nisanku tulis Nyata, namaku bukan lagi Ironis...."

Semuanya serentak muntah, kemudian menjilatnya kembali...

"gw tidak akan pernah bisa, tapi gw pasti bertahan"

- gerry -

NB: Alkisah adalah cara gw menenangkan pikiran gw yg berkecamuk kejam. How I look INTO it, not UPON it....

Hari ini...3 tahun lalu

2006-08-01T04:41:00.000+08:00

The beautiful day, I must say....love u even more, please keep waiting since I know it's not easy

Save Me

Late night
The abyss fall
slip in dream
through me

Light reject me
and hug me
drown but eternality
I'm
who immortal
not
before you

gerry

Metallica vs Napster (and other P2P sharing software) berakhir

2006-07-29T11:11:00.000+08:00

Untuk sementara gw mo lupain kalo Metallica itu.......

Band terbaik sepanjang masa
Band paling inspirational sepanjang masa
Band yang paling sering lagunya nongol di Windows Media Player gw
Band yang personil nya paling tidak norak
Band yg rythim dan lead guitarnya punya kemampuan yg sama (jarang2 tuh....)
Band yang lyric nya ga pernah sekali pun pakai kata "love"
Band rock yang punya angka penjualan album paling tinggi (14 million - BLack Album)
Band yang punya personel yg low profile, tapi dengan skill mendunia

Pokoknya sejak gw kenal Metallica dengan lagu I Disappear-nya, gw hampir ga pernah lewatin hari tanpa suara "yeaaahhh..." nya James Hetfield. Jujur bagi seorang fans Metallica gw dah telat banget buat jadi fans-nya. Soalnya waktu Metallica lg jaya-jayanya gw masih SD, dan dulu yg namanya Metallica itu kesannya kaya lagu grincore gitu, ribut dan gedebak-gedebuk ga ada artinya.

Ok, meski Metallica itu seperti jarang dapat masalah (selain drinking problem nya James dan ditinggal mati ma Cliff Burton), tapi Metallica pernah bikin heboh dunia internet dengan berseteru dengan raksasa P2P software, Napster tahun 200o. Waktu itu Metallica ada di jajaran terdepan menentang sharing lagu-lagunya secara cuma-cuma. Masalah nya ga sepele, malah sampai Lars Ulrich (drummer nya Metallica) dipanggil oleh Judiciary Comittenya Senat Amerika. Di bawah ini adalah ringkasan testimoni Lars Ulrich, mewakili Metallica mengenai alasan penentangan atas Napster. Versi lengkap testimoni dapat dilihat di sini.

We have many issues with Napster. First and foremost: Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission-our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.
I don't have a problem with any artist voluntarily distributing his or her songs through any means the artist elects-- at no cost to the consumer, if that's what the artist wants. But just like a carpenter who crafts a table gets to decide whether to keep it, sell it or give it away , shouldn't we have the same options? My band authored the music which is Napster's lifeblood. We should decide what happens to it, not Napster -- a company with no rights in our recordings, which never invested a penny in Metallica's music or had anything to do with its creation. The choice has been taken away from us.

If you're not fortunate enough to own a computer, there's only one way to assemble a music collection the equivalent of a Napster user's: theft. Walk into a record store, grab what you want and walk out. The difference is that the familiar phrase a computer user hears, "File's done," is replaced by another familiar phrase-"You're under arrest."

Jelas sekali statement Metallica, kalo mereka ga suka kalo ada orang yg download lagu mereka secara gratis tanpa bayar royalti apa2. Nah, ga semua fans Metallica ngerti kenapa Metallica ga mau bagi2 lagu gratis. Gw personal ngerti kenapa Metallica ga mau lagu2 nya dijual secara sharing terbuka. Habis itu kan jerih payah mereka, dan juga Metallica udah ngerasa terkenal jadi ga merasakan lagi efektivitas Napster pada waktu itu. Beda dengan Linkin Park sewaktu masih di bawah indie record dan blum terkenal, supaya orang-orang tau lagu mereka jadi Linkin Park bagi2 lagu gratis di internet dan juga lewat Napster atau Kazaa dan semacamnya. Ini semua masalah strategi marketing, jadi untuk apa bagi-bagi gratis kalo ada orang mau beli. Kalo mo jujur sih, gw dapat Metallica jg dari hasil sharing dan ga pernah beli. Jadi fans Metallica juga karna ada sumbangsih dari DC++, Kazaa, Morpheus, Ares dan semacamnya. Sapa sih yang ga mau gratis?

Nah...barusan buka Google News, terus ada article gini judulnya "Metallica Concedes Defeat, Now Available on iTunes And Napster" by Blogcritics.org. Terang aja kaget, bukannya lagi marahan bozz? kok malah available di iTunes and Napster? Buka...baca...nah rupanya Metallica dah damai ma Napster dan iTunes, malah nyodorin lagu-lagu mereka untuk dijual ma Napster dan iTunes. Kenapa ya? Menurut gw jawabannya cuma satu, mereka dah kehabisan daya jual. Kalo ada fans Metallica yg baca artikel ini pasti ngerti kalo 2 album terakhir Metallica (St. Anger dan Some kind of Monsters) full of crap. Jujur gw kecewa, ga ada lagi melodi yang enak kaya lagu Fade to Black, isinya malah jadi kaya speed metal. Mengecewakan........jadi supaya fans nya ngelirik lagi ke Metallica, maka Metallica harus ganti strategi marketing, mereka harus jual diri, tunjukin kalo masi exist. Smoga aja ga jadi malu-maluin.....

Bagi yang blom pernah dengar Metallica, gw bagi 3 lagu Metallica yg ok (kalo mo download, klik aja di lagunya):
1. Fade to Black (dari album Ride The Lightning)
2. The Unforgiven (dari The Black Album)
3. Nothing Else Matters (dari The Black Album)

Error in blogger

2006-07-27T13:10:00.000+08:00

I hate to say this, but i might come to the edge. I'm sick with the templates error on Blogger. I need to edit my HTML, but the code keep dissapearing from the code sheet.

Yesterday, I tried to use Haloscan on my commenting system. HaloScan asked me to backup my HTML code, I said yes...in case if I don't like their services. And yes, I decided to not using Haloscan, because the pop up commenting system will not be too comfortable for some of my friends. The fucked up things happens when I opened my templates code, and I realize the code had dissapeared from particular area till the end of the code. What I didn't understand is why my blog still can be opened when there is no more in my code?

So, I just copy paste my previous code to the templates, which luckily stored in my very own computer. But...where are my previous comments? grrrrrr......Now I lost all my comments and have no idea what's going on. Hope Blogger will realize the error soon and try to fix it. It's not the first time I have to copy paste the code, which suddenly dissapear from the sheet.

SuperNova [ga ada hubungan ma novelnya Dee..]

2006-07-26T09:21:00.000+08:00

Tadinya gw cuma browsing internet ama cari recycle bin buat nge-delete data yg ga perlu, trus pas mo buka Windows Media Player gw mulai mikir. Kok gw cepet banget click shortcut nya, rasanya gw ga mikir dulu pas nyari icon nya. Apa sudah terbiasa yah? Sudah berapa lama susunan desktop gw seperti ini? Akhirnya gw rasa ga ada salah nya gw post apa aja isi desktop di komp gw. Dengan sedikit delete image file yg ga perlu di publikasikan. Eng---ing----eng [dengan sedikit backsound superhero tampil ke depan....]

1. Netscan, software buat nge-share di condo...tp dah lama ga pake
2. FireFox, the best browser ever...ada add-on, bisa nge-tab, IE6 udah ga perlu..jadi apus aja shortcutnya huehe
3. Skype, dulu ni sering gw pake buat nelpon iseng...lama2 bosan, mana ga bisa di uninstall lg (uninstall.exe nya hilang..grr nyampah...)
4. DivX, ni buat nonton pelem...mo pelem bajakan, mo pelem asli, mo anime (dulunya sih buat nonton Naruto...)...top deh ni software...
5. Advances WindowsCare, ada program mesin waktunya...jadi kalo mau balikin registry sistem ke 1 tahun sebelumnya jg bisa, tanpa ngilangin file2 yg dah capek2 dikumpulin.
6. Nokia PC SUite, buat Nokia 6270 gw...
7. Quickbooks 05-06, software buat tugas accounting...mahal soalnya, makanya gw pajang2 shortcutnya, biar kerasa ada gunanya...ehehe
8. Text document, isinya cheat buat FInal Fantasy X di PS (susah maen jujur ato mang bego ga tau..), dan suka gw ulang2 maennya..dah tamat 3x nih..
9. Antivirus AVG 7.1, antivirus gratisan yg terpaksa dipakai karna Norton 2005 gw dah out of date...but should try, quite reliable
10. 3 software buat nge-blog, Simple CSS ma HTML Kit buat bikin layout, dan w.bloggar yg ga pernah gw pake (bikin susah aja sih...). Thanks buat Komputer Aktif..
11. Quicklink yg isinya: MSN Messenger (online tiap hari...), YM (ga pernah pake...), Answer.com (kamus online..), trus beberapa hal ga penting lainnya (wireless, volume, cd-room.)
12. DVD-room, ga pernah tau apa gunanya.
13. Windows Media Player yg hampir ga pernah mati (kebetulan versi 11 Beta nya baru keluar..), trus dibelakangnya dihiasi ma walpaper Angelina Jolie (sumpah ni cew bikin horny...)
14. Space kosong, biasanya ada game disana...CM, GTA atau NFS Underground

Tapi komp gw cukup awet kok, meski hampir tiap hari hidup lebih dari 12 jam. Takutnya file2 pada hilang semua kalau rusak, jadi inget pas hardisk nya corrupt, ga bisa di back-up lg..brengsek kalo diingat-ingat. Padahal hasil "kerja keras" ada disana semua.

Sekian dan terima kasih

NB: Adalah SuperNova, sebuah laptop Toshiba keluaran tahun 2004 sedang sial dibeli seorang bejat bernama gerry. Pemakaian ga kira-kira oleh sang empunya, bikin hardisk memanas bagai Nova. SuperNova berarti panas yg luar biasa (karna ga mati2.....) hehe

Bangun pagi itu bukan hobi gw

2006-07-24T15:36:00.000+08:00

30 menit sebelum kelas gw sempet-sempetin posting meski cuma sedikit. Hari ini terpaksa skip kelas, karna mata gw ga bisa diajak kompromi. Bukannya gw ga niat atau malas ke kelas, weker aja sampai 2 buah gw pasang [kurang niat apalagi...]. Tapi emang dasar tiap bangun pagi selalu bilang ke diri sendiri,"bentar lagi ahhhh...."...ya begono jadinya.

Kelas yang harusnya jam 8 dan gw yang bangunnya jam 10 rasanya udah ga sopan lagi kalo gw masih mencoba masuk kelas trus bilang maaf terlambat. Bener ga? Beruntungnya cuma ini satu-satunya kelas gw yang di bawah jam 10 pagi, ga seperti semester kemaren. Semester kemaren bal bla bla, ga usah dibahas.

NB: Judul di atas adalah judul paling guoblok yg pernah gw tulis.......

Perang digital: Zune vs iPod

2006-07-22T14:36:00.000+08:00

Blom lama Bill Gates mundur [ga sampe 2 minggu kayanya..], ehh Microsoft masih aja nyari ribut ama Apple [saingan - red]. Mungkin masih ga puas ma Microsoft Origaminya yang masih belum bisa nyaingin iPod. Sama seperti spekulasi tentang Origami yang dulu, Microsoft juga ulur-ulur waktu untuk konfirmasi tentang gadget baru nya ini. Disebut-sebut mo nyaingin iPod [kalo bisa sekaligus dihancurin tuh Apple..] ama iTunes nya, Microsoft mengkonfirmasi kalo nama gadget ini adalah Microsoft Zune [confirmed by the "insider"..]. Eng...ing...eng keren namanya, tapi kira-kira bisa nyaingin iPod ga yah?

Dari tampilan Microsoft Zune mirip bgt ma iPod, mungkin kalo musik portable player itu harus persegi panjang yah. Mbok bikin desain yg lain gitu, bulet kek...segitiga kek...elips kek. Ketauan jadinya mo ngambil pasaran iPod, hehe tapi kayanya iPod tenang-tenang aja. Mo ngeliat situasi dulu, trus baru ambil langkah. Wait and see, asal ga keburu destroyed aja.

Btw kok teknologi ini cepet banget sih, santai donk...gw aja kemaren ini rencana mo beli iPod. kata "rencana" nya di bold hehe ehhh...yang baru dah rilis. Sama aja kejadiannya ntar pas beli HP gw yg skrg ini. Gw beli Nokia 6270 bulan February, ehh bulan Maret malah keluar Nokia 6280 yg upgrade dari 6270. Beda harganya paling cuma 20.000 perak. Asyyuuuu....tapi w ngambil hikmahnya aja [kalo ga mau dibilang nyesel..], soalnya Nokia 6280 itu kan buat 3G aja kelebihannya, dan gw ga ngerti 3G-3G an hehehe so what for..? Jadi makanya saudara-saudara, yang atas namanya teknologi itu jangan diikutin, cukup liat-liat dulu, beli sesuai keperluan dan dilarang ngiler. So, Zune vs iPod...we're watching..

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Kangen, but stand still......

2006-07-21T15:58:00.000+08:00

hikss...lagi kangen-kangennya nih ma cew gw. Memang kalo minggu pertama itu paling berat. Apalagi kalo liat temen gw yg cew nya pada disini. Sedangkan gw harus nunggu setahun dari sekarang lagi buat ketemu. Tadi doi nelp, bilang kalo dia dah bisa terima gw yang balik ke Malay lebih cepat dari biasanya. "Belajar yg rajin ya syg..." hehe ya deeehhh..agak tenang jg gw, kalo dia udah bisa ga terlalu kangen ma gw.

Tapi selain di sayang2 in, gw jg diomelin. Soalnya seminggu lalu gw disuruh nanya ma Ganda (adek gw) tentang buku tahunan SMU Don Bosco yg dipinjam dari Sari, adek nya cew gw. Kebetulan mereka jg satu angkatan. Tapi yg dasarnya gw lupa-lupa terus, ga jadi-jadi deh nanya nya huehehe ntar gw tanyain deh...janji

Lagi dengar lagu Disturbed, judul nya I'm Alive. Meski lagunya gedebak-gedebuk, gw ngerti isi lagu ini. Intinya tentang orang yg ga mau kehilangan sesuatu yg berharga, karna sesuatu itu bikin dia bertahan hidup. Jadi ingat loe lg, syg. Grrrrr......

Nih lyric-nya:

"I'm Alive"

Never again will I be dishonored
And never again will I be reminded
Of living within the world of the jaded
They kill inspiration
It's my obligation
To never again, allow this to happen
Where do I begin?
The choices are endless
Denying the sin
My art, my redemption
I carry the torch of my fathers before me

The thing I treasure most in life cannot be taken away
There will never be a reason why I will surrender to your advice
To change myself, I'd rather die
Though they will not understand
I will make the greatest sacrifice
You can't predict where the outcome lies
You'll never take me alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive

Change again, cannot be considered
I rage again, dispelling my anger
Where do I begin?
The choices are endless
My art, my redemption, my only salvation
I carry the gift that I have been blessed with
My soul is adrift in oceans of madness
Repairing the rift that you have created
I am not alone, brothers, give me your arms now

The thing I treasure most in life cannot be taken away
There will never be a reason why I will surrender to your advice
To change myself, I'd rather die
Though they will not understand
I will make the greatest sacrifice
You can't predict where the outcome lies
You'll never take me alive

I'm no slave
Are you feeling brave?
Or have you gone out of your mind?
No more games
It won't feel the same
If I hold my anger inside
There's no meaning
My soul is bleeding
I've had enough of your kind
One suggestion, use your discretion
Before you label me blind

The thing I treasure most in life cannot be taken away
There will never be a reason why I will surrender to your advice
To change myself, I'd rather die
Though they will not understand
I will make the greatest sacrifice
You can't predict where the outcome lies
You'll never take me alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive

by: Disturbed

Nike Air Uptempo dan Ember

2006-07-20T16:54:00.000+08:00

Apa ya hubungannya antara Nike Air Uptempo dan ember? Ga ada kok. Dua barang tadi gw beli hari ini, sebagai penutup belanja awal semester hehe. Memang kalo awal semester ada beberapa barang yang wajib dibeli. Sabun mandi, shampo, sikat gigi, rokok, buku pelajaran dan peralatan tulis itu wajib hukumnya tiap semester. Mau nya sih semangat baru dan tenaga baru, tapi tetap aja gw ga yakin ada efeknya. Yang namanya Gerry tetap aja sama kapan aja dimana aja huahaha [iklan apa ya...?]

Tadi jam 2 gw pergi ke Summit Plaza dengan 1 tujuan, mau beli sepatu basket. Bob bilang kalo mo beli sepatu basket asli yang murah cuma di Summit. Biasanya sih gw beli sepatu basket cuma di Chinatown Petaling Street, memang sih kalo mo cari barang murah di Malaysia cuma disana. Terakhir gw beli disana setahun lalu, sepatu T-Mac 4...namanya beli barang "abal-abal" di Chinatown, jadi cepat rusak. Jadi gw pikir ga ada salahnya gw beli barang asli sekali-sekali, mumpung murah.

Jadilah kami [gw,bob,laura ma tutur] naek taksi ke Summit Plaza. Sampai sana, langsung nyari ATM [walau agak lama nyarinya...byk yg rusak] langsung menuju counter And1 di lantai atas. Untung bawa Bob yang jadi tour guide, jadi cari tempatnya ga pake lama hehe. Sampai disana gw bingung juga, soalnya sepatu yang ada cuma Nike ma And1. Kirain tempatnya besar gitu dan banyak pilihan. Nyatanya ngga, padahal gw jg mau liat2 sepatu Adidas. Ya udah, terpaksa pilih dari sepatu Nike yang ada, sepatu And1 pada norak semua. Dah mo milih...ehhh si Laura malah nunjuk2 sepatu Lebron Zoom III warna emas, padahal gw dari pertama dah ngelirik-lirik Nike Air Uptempo warna hitam putih. Dasar gw orangnya mang gampang ragu2, jadi nya mo coba juga. Ya udah, daripada nyesel gw coba dua-dua nya. Akhirnya gw ikutin kata hati gw buat ngambil yang Nike Uptempo hehe, walau sebenarnya selera nya si Laura ini bagus jg. Dilihat dari harga Uptempo yang lebih murah RM 100 dari Lebron III dan ankle protector Lebron III yg ketinggian menurut gw, kayanya Uptempo jadi pilihan. Bob yang juga tadinya mau beli sepatu akhirnya malah ga jadi beli, katanya sih pilihan kurang banyak. Tapi gw tetap keluar toko sambil senyum...sepatu baru nihh, bozzz..

Dari sana kami ke Hagh^&%*$ apa gitu ga jelas, kaya Starbucks gitu. Kebetulan juga seberangan ma Starbucks. Kata pelaan cafe nya, laen kali kalo mo nyebut nama ni cafe, bilang aja Cafe Swiss. Memang sih ada bendera Switzerland di logonya, tapi tetap aja susah nyebut nama nya. Minum, trus lanjut ke Pyramid soalnya malam nanti mo nonton movie American Haunting. Sampai disana gw mampir ke Giant Supermarket beli ember. Bukan ember air yang besar itu, tapi gw beli yang kecil. Buat tempat sabun, shampo, cukur, foam ma sikat gigi dan odol. Soalnya housemate brengsek gw ini suka pakai sabun ma shampo gw trus ga bilang-bilang, tau-tau dah abis.

Pulang ke kamar lagi-lagi gw lemes liat keadaan kamar yang masih dalam tahap pembersihan. Males banget liat kamar yang kaya kapal pecah gini. But still, home sweet homw. Wlau dah ga mirip lagi ma "home", kata Tutur sih lebih mirip "warehouse". Makasi banyak bro....

Perang - perangan dan pengertian kalah

2006-07-18T08:28:00.000+08:00

Bagi yang pernah berumur 5- 12 tahun alias kanak-kanak, pasti pernah main perang - perangan. Gw juga pernah jadi anak-anak (kadang aneh juga rasanya, jadi besar kaya gini..), jadi pernah juga perang - perangan. Meski sudah ga ingat maennya sama sapa aja, mungkin ma Ganda (adek), sepupu atau ma teman. Perang-perangan memang seru.

Dulu gw main perang-perangan sendirian, pakai prajurit mainan yang kecil-kecil dari plastik. Pose prajuritnya ada yang berdiri kaya orang patroli, jongkok dan ada juga yang tiarap. Cara maennya simple aja, soalnya dulu mainan gw lumayan banyak trus ditaruh dalam 1 ember. Tiap mau main perang-perangan, mainan yang banyak tadi ditebarin di lantai, trus sengaja dijadikan gunung. Ceritanya sih perangnya di gunung, ga pernah perang kota karna malas susun nya. Nah tentara-tentara yang kecil-kecil tadi dijadikan 2 kubu, masing-masing di balik "gunung". Selanjutnya? terserah gw lebih suka kubu yang mana, itu yg dimenangin (hehe jadi kangen..)

Gedean dikit kira-kira umur 9 atau 10 taon maenannya udah rada laen. Kebetulan sudah ngerti yang namanya film superhero kaya Satria Baja Hitam dan sejenisnya. Permainan perang-perangannya turun derajat jadi perang jaman kolosal abad 17 - 18. Ga pake bedil, meriam atau mobil-mobilan lagi, tapi pakai pedang, doublestick ma toya. Kayanya Satria Baja Hitam ga pernah pakai doublestick deh hehe tapi Bruce Lee ma film ShaoLin kan pake senjata kaya gituan. Pokoknya campur aduk senjatanya. Nah, pas gw umur segitu, adek juga dah mulai gede...jadi ada teman maen hehe. Kalo ditanya sapa yang menang sih tergantung skenario, kok ada skenario? iya donk, biar jalan ceritanya jelas. Biasanya sih pas pertama gw jadi jagoan, trus mampus dibunuh. Nah, Ganda (adek) yang balasin dendam [kaya skenario film India gitu...]. Kadang kalo gw ma Ganda saling musuhan di skenarionya, biasanya saudara yang paling besar yang menang (sapa ya..?). Lumayan juga, daripada lawan bayangan muluu..

Teknologi berkembang, maenan baru berdatangan. Ga ingat apa jenis mainannya, tapi maenannya ada 1 set pistol ma semacam kaca mata hitam . Di kacamata hitam itu kita bisa liat skor, dan setiap kali ketembak ma pistol lawan skornya turun dan kalo sudah jadi nol, ya kalah. Tapi tembak-tembakannya aman kok, soalnya pake sinar inframerah gitu..jadi ga nyakitin. Trus ada lagi maen game di console, dulu namanya kan ada Sega, Atari, Nintendo...relatif paling aman, meski bisa bikin mata cepat rusak. hehe kacamata yg skrg kan hasil maen Sega.

Tapi ga semua maenan anak-anak itu aman, ada juga yang berbahaya. Harusnya sih maenan ini di-ban ama KomNas Perlindungan Anak. Pernah maen pistol angin? Jangan bayangin pistol angin yang buat nembak burung, yang ini lebih kecil dan daya tembaknya lebih lemah. Dulu sering dijual di depan sekolah waktu SD di Padang dan gw sering beli. Ya, namanya juga masih SD, mana tau tentang mainan yang harmful atau ga. Yang penting maen...ehhh kiranya jatuh korban. Ceritanya, pas dulu itu "pistol angin" kata papa ga boleh ditembakin ke orang, jadi gw bikin sendiri sasarannya (bullseye). Suatu hari pas mo ditembakin, nah lo macet..peluru platiknya ga keluar. Ntah gw mikir apa waktu itu, langsung tempelin ke paha adek gw. Kirain ga ada pelurunya, ptarr...ehhh pelurunya keluar langsung ke paha adek. Yang namanya gw tempelin ke paha, sakitnya nauzubillah minzalik pastinya. Kontan aja adek gw teriak gitu, sambil megangin pahanya yang ungu ditembak sodara sendiri. Sejak itu gw ga pernah maen lagi, takut jatuh korban lagi.

Pengertian kalah/game over

Dalam perang-perangan, pasti donk ada yang kalah trus ada yang menang. Probabilitas mengatakan, kecuali memiliki keuntungan yang luar biasa besar dan semakin sedikit pihak yang terlibat maka kemungkinan menang akan semakin besar. Tapi udah sifat manusia untuk selalu ingin menang dan itu bersifat absolut. Gw kalo maen perang-perangan sama adek gw, hampir selalu ingin menang. Ga boleh kalah, soalnya........gw kan yang paling besar huahaha. Tapi kalah kan hanya sebatas skenario dan pembatasan kemampuan, setelah itu gw maen lagi ma adek dan ga mungkin marah-marah gara-gara kalah maen perang-perangan. Yang paling penting, gw ga pernah bunuh adek gw cuma buat menang perang-perangan.

Nah, perbedaan konsep perang-perangan dan perang letaknya cuma di ada tidaknya korban. AirSoft Gun adalah contoh perang-perangan yang mengikuti bentuk asli pertempuran, real tension dan juga memiliki konsep kalah yang jelas. Bedanya, AirSoft Gun tidak makan korban.

Yang justru aneh adalah konsep perang yang asli. Dua negara berseteru satu sama lain. Yang satu nembak roket, satunya lagi balas, trus ngeroket, trus dibalas roket, marah-marah, balas lagi, balas, balas, marah, balas lagi, satunya lagi balas, trus ngeroket, trus dibalas roket, marah-marah, balas lagi, balas, balas, marah, balas lagi, satunya lagi balas, trus ngeroket, trus dibalas roket, marah-marah, balas lagi, balas, balas, marah, balas lagi, satunya lagi balas, trus ngeroket, trus dibalas roket, marah-marah, balas lagi, balas, balas, marah, balas lagi, satunya lagi balas, trus ngeroket, trus dibalas roket, marah-marah, balas lagi, balas, balas, marah, balas lagi, satunya lagi balas, trus ngeroket, trus dibalas roket, marah-marah, balas lagi, balas, balas, marah, balas lagi, satunya lagi balas, trus ngeroket, trus dibalas roket, marah-marah, balas lagi, balas, balas, marah, balas lagi.................................................

*pembaca bertanya: kok panjang sekali...udah donk, capek liat tulisan yg itu2 juga..
*gerry menjawab: That's the point, bro!!

Kapan mo selesainya perang kalau balas-balas melulu. Di console game aja ada game overnya, kok di yang asli ga ada? Lose point di perang asli ga jelas, lose point ama lose everything sudah sama aja artinya. Masa satu bangsa harus dimusnahkan semua supaya bangsa lain bisa menang? Kemaren ini gw pernah baca "Roket Israel menghantam bangunan di Beirut, 15 orang tewas, 7 diantaranya anak-anak". Padahal anak-anak itu kan ga ikutan "main perang". Mungkin anak-anak yang meninggal tersebut pada bingung,"gw kan ga ikutan...curang nih, ga bilang2". Ga aci banget sihh...

Gaya perang sekarang memang gaya perang paling pengecut yang pernah ada di muka bumi. Ga berani hadap-hadapan. Yang pernah nonton film The Patriot-nya Mel Gibson pasti tau gimana caranya orang-orang dulu kalau perang. Mereka marching ke lapangan yang luas, hadap-hadapan, saling todong face to face, trus tembaakkk!! Yang garis depan langsung berjatuhan, walau tetap ada yang mati tetapi cukup para tentara. Ga pernah wanita atau anak-anak di bawa ke medan perang. Yang kalah lari, yang menang ambil benteng lawan. Simple dan jantan.

Memang perang banyak pengaruhnya buat pertambahan populasi. Mungkin juga udah diatur kalo bencana dan penyakit ga cukup menekan ledakan penduduk dunia, jadi perang tetap harus ada. Tapi sejak kapan pembunuhan dibenarkan? Jangan bilang, karna situasi perang jadi pembunuhan dibenarkan. Kecuali untuk membela diri, membunuh sesama manusia sama saja membunuh saudara sendiri. Kok membunuh saudara sendiri? Iya, terutama bagi pemeluk agama yang "harusnya" percaya bahwa kita semua berasal dari insan yang sama, Adam dan Hawa [Adam and Eve].

Apa jalan keluarnya? Kalo ego manusia ga bisa ditahan dari kekalahan, jadi harus bikin tata cara perang yang baru. Dalam otak gw sekarang ada 2 metode perang yang bisa dipakai: Brave Method War (BOW) atau Safe Method War (SOW)

Brave Method War (BOW):
1. Kalau jalan negosiasi tidak berhasil, nyatakan perang secara terbuka (ini sudah ada dalam tatacara perang international)
2. Tentukan war zone
3. Evakuasi rakyat sipil dan siapkan medis/Red Cross
4. Tentukan kondisi kalah menang dan senjata yang dipakai
5. Pembunuhan hanya antar peserta perang(tentara)
6. Pelanggaran terhadap ketentuan akan mendapatkan sanksi PBB/dunia

BOW kurang lebih sama dengan metode perang sekarang. Tapi aplikasinya hampir mustahil, karna kesalahan perang bisa dijadikan alasan macam-macam. Ini cara perang paling jantan dan paling gampang diterima, karna yang mati ga kan bisa protes "gw blom kalah..."

Safe Method War (SOW):
1. Kalau jalan negosiasi tidak berhasil, nyatakan perang secara terbuka (ini sudah ada dalam tatacara perang international)
2. Tentukan jenis perang yang diinginkan, dari perang lumpur sampai AirSoft Gun juga boleh
3. Dilarang memakai senjata mematikan
4. Tentukan kondisi menang kalah dan senjata yang digunakan (kalo perang lumpur ga boleh pakai batu hehe)
5. Pelanggaran terhadap ketentuan akan mendapatkan sanksi PBB/dunia

SOW ini lebih aman, tapi tidak efektif lawan musuh yang berkata "Langkahi dulu mayatku..". Korban juga ga ada, apalagi korban rakyat sipil. Ini lebih cocok disebut perang-perangan, dan game overnya ga bikin mampus.

Semoga aja ada cara lain yang lebih aman buat perang. Kalo masa depan nanti orang perang pakai nuklir, kan kasian anak-anak, wanita dan orang tua. Kan mereka kan ga ikutan main.

NB: Para pemimpin negara yang berperang mungkin ga pernah tau asiknya maen perang-perangan sewaktu masih kecil. Semoga aja perang di Timur Tengah cepat berakhir...amiiinn

Holiday concluded...

2006-07-18T08:10:00.000+08:00

Gw balik ke Padang
Ketemu ma cewek gw (what a beautiful month...love you even more)
Italy juara Piala Dunia 2006
Ngga bisa nge-blog selama liburan, coz koneksi internet yg Senen-Kemis
Baru nyadar kalo warnet P-net di depan PA punya koneksi yang lumayan (2hari menjelang balik ke Malaysia...)
Pisah lagi ma Vera and the rest of the family (hard, but must be done...)
2 hari sudah di Malaysia (miss every little things about Padang and Her...)

Males nulis panjang-panjang, soalnya banyak banget kalo mau diingat. Gw juga ga tertarik buat mengingat, bikin tambah kangen. One thing that I will always remember, it's all worth it for every second I spent there.

NB: Lagi ngapain? masih tidur kayanya....maaf ga bisa nelpon dan ga bisa bilang selamat pagi lagi. Be strong. No longer a cocoon, u re a butterfly now. Fly with ur own wings, til time allows us to meet again. Beautiful butterfly u re.

World Cup 2006: England Won Against Trinidad-Tobago

2006-06-16T02:03:00.000+08:00

Inggris menang dengan gol yg lahir dari kaki pemain Inggris sendiri. Was a spectacular game. Gw udah tegang sekali karna Inggris terbentur terus dengan defense Trinidad. Kalau ada yang meremehkan Trinidad-Tobago, ohoho think again my friend. Dwight Yorke memang pantas jadi salah satu penyerang yag paling ditakuti di Inggris saat masih di Manchester United. Kalau bek Inggris bukan Rio Ferdianand atau John Terry, ga tau gw gimana skor akhirnya.

Gol tercipta menit 83 dan 89 kalau ga salah. Peter Crouch dan Steven Gerard jadi pahlawan. Man of the match? Kalau disuruh pilih, gw pilih David Beckham. Crossing-crossing nya berbahaya sekali sejak awal pertandingan. Kalau kepala Crouch dan Owen itu botak, udah banyak mungkin golnya. Gol pertama Crouch datang dari umpan crossing Beckham, dihajar sama kepala Crouch. Bek Trinidad yang entah namanya kasihan sekali karna dipanjat Crouch. 1-0 baby..trus beberapa menit kemudian Steven Gerard. Kalau yang familiar sama Kapten Liverpool ini, pasti tau kebiasaan gol Gerard. Gol ke dua datang dari tendangan tipical Gerard dari luar kotak penalti, keras dan terarah. Kiper Trinidad, Shaka Hislop yang maen bagus pertandingan sebelumnya hehe jadi bulan-bulanan tendangan Gerard. Kasihan..but for England, anything goes. Hajar.....!!!

Gw lagi buru-buru mo nyiapin koper karna dalam 2 jam sudah harus pergi ke airport KLIA, jadi ga bisa panjang-panjang bikin postingnya. Tul..tull gw pulang, pulaaaanggg!! Akhirnya...flaying home and good bye Malaysia, truly bullshit.

Mom and Dad, I am home. And honey...I am your for the whole months hehehe.

overweight ga ya?

berita terakhir tentang Inggris di detik.com: Inggris maju ke 16 besar

World Cup 2006: How and What Make Me Love this Game?

2006-06-12T18:40:00.000+08:00

I remember the first time I watched football was in Junior High School at 1998. The Final between Brazil and France was when I lost my virginity of football. With 3 - o winning France, I started to like this game and wondering why haven't I consider this sport as my favourite game to watch? I never watched or even played football before...I remember once when my dad asked me to accompany him watching AC Milan in 1993 and show it to me which one was Marco Van Basten. But I could never seen the beauty, at least after World Cup 1998.

Once I started to like football, I am unstoppable til now. Before World Cup 1998, I used to watch and play basketball as my main sport. I can mentioned all of the starting lineups on NBA Final for 5 consecutive years. Basketball which I always love is now accompanied by football. if I enjoy more when I play basketball, I will enjoy football more when I sit and watch. I learned football history faster than I learned basketball history. In High School, people were even crazier bout football, lot easier homework for me.

First Team:
After several weeks I decided to pick my favourite teams. Easy pick, since my father is a big fan of AC Milan, I thought family tradition must be passed through. Upon that time, AC Milan was a former Seri A Champion, which I put too much hope on them to be maintain their legacy once more. Comin short, It didn't happened really well. Another thoughts came and say that I need a back up team, if the other is not working out.

Second Team:
Manchester United was my next choice. Gained several triumphs with their young squad, I can't pick a better team for me. I loved how they played back then. Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Japp Stam, Peter Schemichel, Dwight Yorke are some of the names which can't be forget ny Manchester United Fans. I bet no one will ever forget The Battle of Nou Camp, when Manchester United won then treble after defeating Bayern Munich [26 May 2006].

I've talked about my preference in World Cup on the last post. So, I won't bother to tell that again haha. I imagined how football will evolve through time. I wanna know what kind of stadium will they build, what kind of shoes and balls will they invent? What kind of rules will they comin up with? It's interesting to keep it up with it, as long in the future there will no possibility that I will watching football but have human on the field, which all had been computerised or even robotised. People say [translate directly from Bahasa Indonesia]:

The ball is round, you will never know

World Cup 2006: The Fever and My Team

2006-06-12T01:58:00.000+08:00

World Cup here, World Cup there, World Cup everywhere. And I am here everyday, wondering if I should watch or stay on my book for the coming exam on Tuesday. Anyway I just went to Bob’s, brought my lecture’s notes along with me. Like there will be Micro quiz at the halftime break [host by Adam Smith..haha]

Actually, there was a point to bring something that will be a distraction from the screen. Since the last 2 days match that I was watched are boring like hell. England – Paraguay: 1 – 0 and Serbia Montenegro – Netherlands : 0 – 1. What was that? I thought World Cup this year will be promising when I watched how Germany slaughtered Costa Rica 4 – 2 [not really a slaughter… quite surprised also bout Germany though]. I hope there will be no match for the coming match; I am expecting a battle here. Yes, a battle...not just 22 peoples that want to fulfill the country’s order to show up on the field. I am also expectin some shockers, like what Senegal did in World Cup 2002 in Japan. French ended up with not qualified for the next round, not even a single goal scored. Honestly, I was pretty amused.

I wanted to post something at the first day the World Cup started. I am overjoyed, but restricted by my internet connection here. Because for football lover, World Cup is like a ritual, when people will take a break or laying over a bit to watch the greatest sport event in the entire mankind civilization. It won’t be a surprise if the world will have slow economic activity for the next 1 month or NOT. I just realize, economic activity don’t just work from making profit or making loss, but also making luck. Once I read an article that World Cup 2002 had some billions of dollars money circulation, most of them comes from bet house like William Hill. Some people win, some people lose. Me? I like to enjoy my friend’s face, who pretty much will place a bet on that particular match. Priceless. [Erwin, this one for you Bro..]

For now and then, I would like to make a statement. With my football passion as a witness, I am announcing that for this year World Cup, I will take a shot with England and just England. Not like World Cup 2002 which I stood for both Italy and England. Honestly, it doesn’t make any sense to support Italy this year. Let’s compare these two teams:

England: (click here for England squad)
Fact and Comment:
- Starving with the title since 1966
- Full talent and experience, such as Steven Gerard, Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Paul Robinson, Michael Owen and the Wonderkid Wayne Rooney
- David Beckham leadership as a captain has been proved (remember Euro 2004 vs Greece..)
- Deep squad. Wayne Bridge, Sol Campbell, David James and Stuart Downing could be ready anytime
- Lack of quality striker could be a problem. Michael Owen can't work alone, since Rooney still in doubtful condition
- England's coach, Sven Goran Erikkson has nothing to lose. He will be fired anyway, even if he won this WC.
- Premier League is one of the most respective league in the world. Guarantee of quality

Italy: (click here for the Italian squad)
- Controversy in Italian League may affect team morale.
- Lack of striker (They even have to bring Filippo Inzaghi along with the team..)
- Lack of winning character
- Catenaccio has no point, if there is no striker to score the lead.
- Expect too much from Fransesco Totti
- Not promising in friendly match
- History, as three time winners could be a whip
- Have the best defense in the world
- Marcello Lippi is a great coach with some triumph and legacy.

NB: This comment may contain some errors and bias.

Basically, I don't like how Italy play this day. I prefer an attacking team with ability to put defense as well, like England does. How about Brazil? hmmm...Brazil is the best team probably, but I hate them for dominating the tournament. France and Germany? Germany as the host have their own advantage and France....not even a chance.

to be continued..........

Ganti layout....

2006-06-10T08:06:00.000+08:00

Gw ngantuk banget skrg, udah jam 8 pagi en gw lom tidur sejak kemaren malamnya. Cuma mo melakukan pelepasa potig pertama di layout baru. Credit buat blogger templates, betul-betul luar biasa kreasi layout nya. Mulai sekarang kalo mo ganti layout, pasti gw nyari disana. Salut...saluutt!

Kenapa ganti layout? Karena Gerry The Grey kesannya seperti kuburan, jadi ada bagusnya juga ganti tampilan, walau masih didominasi warna hitam keliatan agak sedikit ada kehidupan hehe I'm still breathing here.

Yang bikin capek itu tukar2 HTML di sidebar nya. Walau gak terlalu sulit, cari tampilan yang cocok buat tarok dari profile, powered by sama RSS nya. Sekarang terpaksa tagboardnya gw hilangin dulu. Ga tau mau letak dimana...ga tau ahhh!! ngantukk!! Yang penting hutang posting seminggu terakhir sudah gw bayar, meski posting ga mutu macam ini.

Kehidupan menjelang ujian

2006-06-01T16:10:00.000+08:00

Karna ujian sudah makin dekat, kehidupan sehari-hari gw semakin jelas kelihatan. Semakin monoton, bukan hanya harus melahap bahan-bahan ujian nanti dan revision. Tapi juga pola makan, pola tidur, pola santai, pola browsing, pola belajar dan pola-pola lainnya.

Kalo dilihat dari pola makan dan pola tidur sih ga banyak berubah. Pola makan gw meski tetap ga teratur, jadi malah berkurang frekuensi nya. Gw baru siap makan 1 jam yang lalu, dan kemaren malam sama sekali ga makan. Catering gw ga datang, dan gw sudah terlampau kesal dan lapar untuk complain. Malah buang-buang tenaga ntar. Begitu juga dengan pola tidur, tetap seperti biasa...tidur dan bangun seenak jidat, masalahnya sekarang lebih parah. Gw kok ga bisa tidur seblum jam 5 pagi, meski bangun nya bisa kapan aja. Bisa jam 9, bisa jam 12, bisa jam 3. Moga-moga aja ini bukan gejala nervous menjelang ujian. Tapi bener kalo gw setiap ujian selalu nervous, selalu ketakutan, untung flu udah sembuh. Jadi pas ujian nanti ga perlu bawa-bawa tissue sekotak. Ngomong-ngomong soal flu, akhir-akhir ini Vicks Inhaler ga pernah lepas dari tangan gw. Hidung gw masih mencium bau-bau terbakar yg sebenarnya ga ada, meski ga separah 2 minggu lalu. Vicks Inhaler...jangan habis dulu buddy, I need u to stay right beside me now hehe

Pola browsing yang kentara perubahannya. Blogwalking sudah jarang sekali, meski terus diusahakan. Biasanya blogwalking 20 blog tiap hari, sekarang 5 aja udah bagus. Untuk 2 minggu ke depan gw cuma bisa browsing wajib [bukan mandi wajib...] dan beberapa website tambahan karna ujian. Such as:

Yahoo / detik / CNN / Kompas / NBA / Enda's Blog / Priyadi's Place / My own blog / Blogfam / Technorati / Oggix /Google News / Blogger / Monash University / WebCT [2 terakhir ini buat ujian..]

Website yang harus menunggu:
w3schools / Friendster / Babaflash / Engadget / Blogwalking itu sendiri / Crimelibrary / Rottentomates / Wikipedia / Delicious / download.com / Kaskus / AC Milan / Deviantart / dan beberapa website yang akan terlalu vulgar untuk disebutkan [sementara waktu puasa..]

Bagaimana dengan pola belajar? hahaha gw ga pernah merasa sibuk belajar sebelum dekat ujian. Dan sekarang lah saatnya buat sibuk, meski diselingi dengan NBA Live 2006 di PS2 gw, gw blajar kok. Surprising even for me. Wish me luck, I really need that.

Jadwal ujian gw agak menyenangkan semester ini, ga terlalu ketat. Hiks...mo cepat2 siap. Hustle..hustle.

Unit Code	Reference	Exam date	Exam Start time	Exam Duration	Venue	Unit Title
ETW1102	PAPER 1	05/06/2006	08:30 AM	03:00 hours	MALAYSIA CAMPUS EXAM LOCATION	BUS STATS
BTW1200	PAPER 1	07/06/2006	08:30 AM	03:00 hours	MALAYSIA CAMPUS EXAM LOCATION	BUS LAW
AFW1001	PAPER 1	08/06/2006	08:30 AM	03:00 hours	MALAYSIA CAMPUS EXAM LOCATION	INTRO ACC A
ECW1101	PAPER 1	13/06/2006	08:30 AM	03:00 hours	MALAYSIA CAMPUS EXAM LOCATION	INTRO MICRO

Tobacco: Deadly In Any Form or Disguise [ Just for Support...]

2006-06-01T04:23:00.000+08:00

Celebrating the World No Tobacco Day 2006 in May 31, 2006, we
--concerned weblog writers-- would like to remind us all about
the danger of tobacco.

1. Reminding us all that tobacco is DEADLY IN ANY FORM.
Cigarettes, pipes, bidies, kreteks, clove cigarettes, snus,
snuff, smokeless, cigars, they are all deadly.

2. Reminding us all that tobacco in all types and names and
flavors are deadly alike. Tobacco is DEADLY IN ANY DISGUISE.
Mild, light, low tar, full flavour, fruit flavoured, chocolate
flavoured, natural, additive-free, organic cigarettes, PREPS
(Potentially Reduced-Exposure Products), harm-reduced... they
are all deadly. Those kinds of labelling doesn't show the
products are any less dangerous.

3. Demanding the Government of Republic of Indonesia to ratify
the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) as
soon as possible, for the health of future generation.
Indonesia is the only country in Asia that is still not in the
FCTC.

Internet, May 31, 2006

The Undersigned,

- Gerry -

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Apparently yesterday was World No Tobacco Day. I have no idea, until I visited Priyadi's Place. Supporting is never hurt, since I think it will give me some "little" time to quit. Heavy smoker? Yes, I am. And I never know till someone told me so.

Okay, let's talk about it. I am supporting World No Tobacco Day, not because of it's deadly mean or whatever hazardous. Tobacco is dangerous for your health, yes I admit it. But for concerning about this things like it is the only killing instrument in this civilization. There are so much things that can bring you 5-feet under, buddy. People are wasting their time worrying about particular issue, and then forget about the main factor for us being killed every single day. What is the factor? No, no...it's THE Factor. It's ourselves, human.

The enemy of human race is theirselves and their fuckin brain. Not Tobacco, Not AIDS, Not Drugs, Nothin but Ourselves. Whose idea is it to roll tobacco, light it and suck it? Not the tobacco. Whose fault that we are now have to deal with skin cancer? Not the sun, it's our fault invented car, refrigerator and pollute the air and water.

Lets's get back to World No Tobacco Day Campaign. I am completely agree about it, no question out of it. Tobacco may ruin my life someday, I always try to quit but never work till now. Additional smoker or tobacco user might make it even harder for me to quit.

I am a quite crazy smoker and absolutely not proud about it.

NB: I talk about no tobacco, no smoking...isn't ironical?

Called for action? Get ur own

Gempa Yogyakarta

2006-05-28T02:42:00.000+08:00

Gw telat dengar berita hari ini. Indonesia kembali berduka [untuk kesekian kalinya..] dengan diguncangnya Bantul dengan gempa 5.9 Scala Richter. Kejadian sekitar pukul 5.50 WIB hari Sabtu 27 Mei 2006 [lihat disini..], sewaktu beberapa orang masih dibuai mimpi tentang rekreasi sewaktu weekend, sewaktu fajar pagi baru akan menyingsing, sewaktu gw lg duduk ngerokok sambil blogwalking disini di Malaysia.

Gempa di Bantul mengakibatkan kerusakan luar biasa, baik infrastruktur kota maupun korban jiwa. Getaran terasa hingga kota Yogyakarta yang berada di Utara nya dan juga sejumlah kota lainnya seperti Semarang, Klaten, Sleman dan lain2 di sekitar nya. Korban jiwa yang tercatat menurut berita terakhir hingga postingan ini gw tulis lebih kurang 3000 orang dan akan terus bertambah. Kabupaten Bantul dengan korban terbanyak mencapai lebih dari 2000 orang disebabkan pusat gempa yang sangat dekat dengan kota tersebut.

Diluar perkiraan, bahwa Gunung Merapi yang sedang tenar-tenar nya tidak memiliki sangkut paut apa-apa dengan gempa tersebut. Menurut Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika, gempa tersebut adalah gempa tektonik dan bukan gempa vulkanik. Kata yang ahli, ada hubungan sama lempengan-lempengan apa di bawah tanah bergeser trus pokoknya jadi gempa. DI Yogyakarta benar-benar sedang dapat tekanan berat dari alam, semoga mereka yang menderita dapat menahan cobaan. Hati gw ikut menangis atas penderitaan mereka yang tertimpa bencana.

Bagi yang tidak mengenal Yogyakarta dan Bantul, silakan klik di salah satu kota tsb tuk liat petanya.

Kenapa gw terlambat dapat berita? I fell really sorry for myself karna akhir2 ini kegiatan harian gw didominasi oleh kegiatan ga berguna. Ga sempat browsing berita penting kaya gini. Untung ada telepon dari Padang tentang informasi bencana Yogya. For information, adek gw lagi kuliah di UGM skrg. Tinggal di Kaliurang, jadi sempat was-was jg.

"Ger, ada gempa di Yogya...kamu telpon lah adek kamu disana. Yogya susah sekali dihubungi karna listrik dan saluran telepon nya putus. Mama sudah coba telp ke HP Ganda tapi ga masuk2."

Kontan deggg!!! Tapi ga tau kenapa gw percaya everything is okay. Telpon kedua masuk.

"Ger, mama sudah telpon Ganda. Katanya dia lagi di rumah temannya nginap sana. Banyak yang mati disana, coba lah telpon lagi ke Yogya. Kamu tanya-tanya lah adek kamu. Kata Ganda, parah sekali keadaannya disana. Candi Prambanan aja rusak berat, bandara juga delay semua. Kok kamu ga tau? nonton TV lah disana."

Waks, TV katanya. TV bagi gw disini itu barang mewah. Bagaimana sih? Tapi akhirnya gw coba telp ke Yogya, susah sekali ga masuk2. Untung sudah ada konfirmasi karna adek gw baek2 aja. Gw sms aja harap2 dibalas, tapi ga dibalas-balas. Gw ga heran, karna akhir2 ini sms dari Malaysia ke Indonesia bisa makan waktu 1 hari. Menyedihkan. Semoga aja besok sudah dibalas.

Tua - 27 Mei 2006

rintihan itu tidak terdengar
tertutup runtuhan
the ancient city
but not lost
masih disana
terbaring sunyi

si tua terbangun
bukan Mbah Maridjan
hanya tua saja
hasrat nya sawah
hasrat nya pematang

pijakan ku lelahkah
mata ku lelahkah
telinga ku lelahkah
tua kah aku?

si tua terbangun
bukan Mbah Maridjan
hanya tua saja
hasrat nya sawah
hasrat nya pematang

rumah tua ku
tepat diatas dada tua ku
tanah kota tua ku
tepat dibawah punggung tua ku

sebelum nafas tua ini
terlepas
menangis
mengingat teman-teman
mereka juga sudah tua

- gerry -

Tabahkan hatimu Indonesia. I'll always be with you, we'll always be with you.

NB: Terima kasih buat Mas Enda Nasution atas postingan yang sangat membantu. Berita terakhir jg bisa dilihat di JogjaNews.com

Ga ada judul

2006-05-22T03:41:00.000+08:00

buat sementara waktu gw terdiam, lupa kalo gw bernapas atau bernyawa. Fade to Black-nya Metallica memang benar kadang2 bikin orang mau bunuh diri. I should be happy by now, ga ada pikiran, beban atau bahkan masalah seperti semester lalu. Kenapa?

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Kalo dipikir-pikir gw ini ga pernah dalam path yang benar, ga pernah dalam mood yang sesuai dan pasti. Coba kalo gw bisa jadi orang lain, optimis memandang hidup dan selalu dalam determinasi yang penuh. Tapi kenapa gw selalu seperti tersesat? Tersesat bukan dalam konteks event atau apa. Gw selalu tersesat dalam pikiran gw sendiri, mencari sesuatu yang mungkin ga ada. Kalau saja ada yang memberi tahu. Mungkin benar kata Eva Fairy, dimanakah surga itu? Mungkin kalo kita tau ada taman nirwana yang menanti kita, ga akan umat manusia diletakkan di neraka yang namanya dunia ini. Tapi tidak, gw sendiri menikmati hidup gw yang ga beraturan seperti ini. Gw ga tau hidup gw seperti apa nantinya, syukurlah orang tua gw ga pernah maksa supaya gw harus jadi clone mereka. Thanks for both of you, greatest parents in the world.

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Sayang, kalo baca potingan ini jangan marah2 yah. Yang namanya Gerry kalo udah jam segini tau kan? ga ada bedanya ma loe hehe. Gw cuma mo nulis2 aja kok, meski gw tau loe ga mau gw nulis yg kaya gini, but I'm okay. Gerry selalu okay, ga pernah ngeluh kecuali ma loe. Love u. Btw, gw dah ga bisa nunggu lagi buat pulang nih, udah kangen ma harum rambut loe. See? I miss you a lot 2....

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Gw nulis yang ga jelas, dan sekarang ga tau mau bikin judulnya apa.....

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ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........*God..why?*

Nonton Da Vinci Code

2006-05-20T06:09:00.000+08:00

Tadi malam nonton Da Vinci Code, hampir aja ga kebagian seat lagi. Kayanya sesuatu kalo dah digembar-gembor ini itu kontroversi malah bikin orang makin penasaran. Dah lama ga nonton di studio terbesar TGV SUnway Pyramid, dan itupun penuh...full se full2 nya. Rencana mau nonton hari Kamis pas Premier nya, tp seperti yang dibilang tadi. FULL!! Pas kamis itu mo beli jam 6, tapi dah habis bahkan buat midnight nya pun sold out. Karna yang buat hari ini pun sold out semua sempat pesimis, but luckily dapat juga kursi...tengah pula. haha2

Ok, Da Vinci Code yang movienya ga terlalu menarik menurut gw. Memang bagi yang baca novelnya seperti gw, bikin lebih paham aja ceritanya karna ada illustrasi2 nya. Kesannya jalan ceritanya lambat sekali. Bagi yang blum pernah baca novelnya, beberapa bisa kebingungan ma jalan ceritanya dan istilah2 nya. Jadi saran gw, bagi yang mau nonton tapi have no interest in the novel...tell someone to brief you out, or at least bring a person who read the novel with you. Satu lagi, filmnya insanely long. 2 stengah jam nonton lumayan bikin pegel pinggang, mana kursi di TGV ga senyaman di 21 Indonesia. Tapi keseluruhan lumayan kok, Tom Hanks ga sebagus biasa...kelihatannya film Da Vinci Code lebih mementingkan cerita daripada akting. But still it's worth every penny....haha

-Megalomaniac- Incubus

Best Movie Quotes

2006-05-17T21:24:00.000+08:00

I am a movie freak and admit it proudly haha. Sometimes, I am kind a glad that I live in this crappy condo, coz the movies are flowin to your hand just like that. Everyone share everythin, every single they just downloaded or just bought. Here in Malaysia where I felt movie as a genius entertainment. This post contain some of the best quotes that ever mentioned in the movie. Do you have another?

"Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
- Forrest Gump -

"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
- The Godfather ( Vito Corleone ) -

"May the Force be with you."
- Star Wars -

"Bond. James Bond."
- James Bond -

"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
- The Godfather Part 2 ( Michael Corleone ) -

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure"
- Coach Carter ( Timo Cruz )-

"Why, Mr. Anderson? Why..?Why still you persist..?"
- The Matrix Revolution ( Agent Smith ) -

"No son, never. The blood stays on the blade. One day you'll understand."
- Gangs of New York ( Priest Vallon ) -

"The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life."
- The Last Samurai ( Katsumoto ) -

"Jesus H. Christ! Jesus Mary and Joseph! All the saints and martyrs and Jesus! Did I mention Jesus?"
- Cinderella Man ( Joe Gould ) -

"This shit's gotta happen, and it's gotta happen now."
- 8 Mile ( B-Rabbit ) -

NB: THis Flu is killin me..........

Jangan Ban Da Vinci Code

2006-05-16T11:50:00.000+08:00

Kayanya baru kemaren [kira2 1 stengah tahun lalu..] gw beli novelnya di Gunung Agung-nya ntah TA atau Plaza Senayan, dah lupa. Belinya juga ga sengaja, gw liat tu buku nangkring di raknya "Best Seller". Judulnya keren gitu "Da Vinci Code", gw kirain buku detektif seperti karangan Alfred Hitcock. Gw sama sekali ga nyangka kalo tu buku benar-benar sarat religious issue. Meski gw Muslim, tapi lama di sekolah Katolik...jadi kira-kira tau apa yang bakalan terjadi kemudian. Pas pertama baca, ada 2 major question:

1. Is it really base on research and truth?
2. Does this guy [Dan Brown - the author] has multiple lifes? guts, he sure has.

Novel yang paling menarik yang pernah gw baca. Setiap halaman gw balik cuma dengan tujuan mencari kontroversi apa lagi Mr. Dan Brown ini tulis. 40 juta kopi seluruh dunia bukan sekedar omong kosong, pantas saja jadi Best Seller [tp cukup murah harganya dulu Rp. 60.000,00 aja..padahal tebal hampir sama ma Harry Potter]

Akhirnya setelah sekian lama baca ads nya trus trailernya, Da Vinci Code: The Movie keluar juga. Kemarin ini sempat gw download film yang gw sangka Da Vinci Code, haha sudah selesai download beberapa jam...setelah dibuka rupanya cuma documentary, dasar brengsek. Sapa yg mo nonton documentary? Ceritanya gw lagi seneng-seneng nya Da Vinci Code dah mau keluar movienya. Completely excited, disamping ga bakalan nonton salah satu film paling kontroversial dari sudut pandang agama Katolik [bukannya gw seneng yg Katolik marah2...tapi kan bisa jadi sejarah jg *membela diri*], ni film juga dibintang sama aktor terbaik sepanjang masa setelah Al Pacino, Tom "Forrest Gump" Hanks. Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan sama The Terminal sudah jadi pembuktian kalo Mas Tom Hanks ini bukan aktor karbitan, jelasnya ni orang memang jago akting. Waduh...kok malah jadi panjang gw bahasnya.

Ok..Masalahnya, rupanya orang Katolik yang benar-benar taat masih sulit menerima beredarnya film Da Vinci Code. Masih ga terima dengan kontroversial yang ada dalam novel, yang sama sekali bertentangan dengan ajaran Katolik. Vatikan dengan tegas menolak film tersebut. Yang namanya petinggi Vatikan sudah bicara, para Christian lain tergerak hatinya juga buat nge-BAN Da Vinci Code. No way, man...kadang gw pikir orang mau seenaknya sendiri, kalo ga suka ya ga usah nonton. Gw mo nonton kok dia yang sewot [bingung..]. Walau secara personal bisa dimengerti, gw harap di Malaysia ga ada acara ban atau blokir2 an. Bukan ga menghargai, tp masa setelah embargo senjata dan embargo minyak, bakalan ada embargo entertainment. Seharusnya kalo Vatikan takut akan goyahnya keyakinan para umat Katolik dan lebih yakin dengan ajaran mereka, maka Vatikan harus coba adu argumentasi dengan Dan Brown...bukan cuma mengutuk dan melarang. Tanpa mengurangi rasa hormat dan sayang saya kepada umat Katolik, mohon maaf.

Penentangan Da Vinci Code di berbagai negara silahkan klik disini: Philipina, India, Thailand, Arab Region, USA, Singapore, Rome, etc

My father is a Comic Freak [Big Time..]

2006-05-15T08:16:00.000+08:00

It's true...know what? I'm kind of glad of his hobby, coz I also love to read this comic. The image on the left is the comic that he really crazy about, and he could ask me here in KualaLumpur to go all the way to Damansara just to buy all these comics. Do you think he will tell me to bring all these comics when I got home? No.....he will ask me to post it, coz he can't even wait hahaha. He asked me so much if it comes to comic as much as his expectation on my study. Wondering, what will happen if I fail all my subjects but in exchange I'll bring him bunch of new comics? Hmm...

Actually me and my father are a big fans of Tony Wong. We read few of his, but only crazy about 2 or 3 series. By the way, don't bother to read on the comic I put it in. It's the Chinese version, we read the Malay Version. Since the release in Indonesia was really slow, so we decide to read the Malay Version. Not bad though, but if you are Indonesian and try to read something in Malay on the first time, it will be very funny. The first time I read the Malay Version was not to read it, but laugh about their language. It's so goofy and so gay, but as the time goes I can handle it haha. ANybody interested on the story? I only got the Indonesian review

It's Monday and holiday for me, what should I do? Guess what, I have to do a trip to Damansara one more time to buy comics and go to Kuala Lumpur to give it to my father's friend. Yesterday, out of nowhere my father told me that his friend got a meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Monday and will be back to Indonesia on Tuesday and ask me to give him all those comics. Do I have a choice? And the only chance to see the comic courrier is on the night, coz he will be very busy on the meeting. Bad timing actually....I still got assignments to due on Wednesday. Usually, I will start complaining about what he told me to do, but not this time. I know it would not be a good idea to argue around his comics, it would never happen haha. Hope I still have enouh time for breakfast. Got to go on comic hunting...

You sound like me

2006-05-12T22:12:00.000+08:00

You sound like me
Soft whispering
But
Blow on the storm
Breath slowly
till this existence can be avenged
Please be sounded
Even the desert
bored wth my silence

YOu look like me
Petrify underground
Tombstone never move
They are the undertaker
Motion of heartbeat
Left
Inside here
You don't know
Move motherfucker
MOVE!!!

I am likely to be you
Underneath me
I have no enemy
I have no pattern
Barely noticable
Bored

Gerry

Other Side

2006-05-12T05:43:00.000+08:00

It's not a movie title, or new genre of music or some other shit. It's just another crap of me that I ought to share. Simply nothin interesting or another "Vini Vidi Vici". Remember "me", that I am Grey and working with lack of color or pattern. Coz that I am Grey, nothing can be compared to me. I have no enemy, I have no particular pattern and barely noticable. But I guess I am wrong all about that. Here comes my theory.

"Inside a human being, flesh blood and mind. No such thing as a person, we are all have different personalities. Some peoples said that The Almighty God created Adam and Eve to complete each other as person. Why? Why should other people complete ourselves and abandon our egocentric to admit it?
Life is not an absolute puzzle that need a completion by searching piece by piece of it to be a better person, not that simple. Life is a timebomb, that's why people had such thing like stress and depression. A person always in the middle of the puzzle and forced to choose many optional pieces to fit in "the personality". The personality will guide a person and be the path of life at the same time"

Sometimes, the personality is on the way to overhelm me. Instead to be White, I'll more become Black. Some part of my head start trembling and I am also tired. Tired of becoming a Grey person, I lost the balance for being in the middle. Grey here means "smile when u re mad, happy when u re sad, laugh on screaming, dreaming on day time". How did it happen? I got the cycle of my thought drawn up, try to compare it to the others. Do you have cycle of thought?

Other side of me, up until now, is a "Deposit Box". It will safe all up my failure's effect into the account. That's why "Other side of me" box stop on cycling the current. Others than the box is my Grey Life's cycle of thought. I hope my saving won't do harm hahaha. Cycle of thoughts are not the same to all the people. I hope to find a person with interesting cycle.

NB: Do you pay any attention to this crap?

Internet brengsek, kondo keparat.......

2006-05-09T08:43:00.000+08:00

Ini hari hari ke-4 sejak internet hidup mati di Sunway Monash Condo, condominium buat siswa SUnway yang harga per kamar nya bisa bikin tercengang-cengang. Yang katanya punya fasilitas terbaik, yang katanya punya peraturan yang ketat, yang katanya...yang katanya. Tapi....nyatanya kondo ini ga lebih dari apartement busuk dengan peraturan munafik dan fasilitas kelas 2. Tapi nyatanya harganya yang mahal sama sekali ga mencerminkan sarana yang didapat. Internetnya lebih baik ga usah dibuka malam, buang-buang waktu. Poolside restaurant harganya selangit, People store harganya mencekik leher. Kalo telat bayar kondo, foto tenant dipajang macam wanted criminal. Security malah lebih goblok lg, jam malam sudah ngga ada gunanya lg, mo pulang tengah malam, pulang pagi atau ga pulang2 ga ada soal. Terakhir, Sunway Monash Condo menderita serangan Schizophrenia akut, paranoid ga keruan-keruan, semuanya dilarang macam semua barang itu bisa membunuh. Dari korek, rokok, hot plate, kompor dan larangan ga masuk akal lainnya. I find it interesting, since hot plate is forbidden, but rice-cooker and iron are allowed. What a retard...! SIapapun yang baca blog gw ini, jangn sekali-sekali tinggal di Sunway Monash Condo. Bagi siapa yang sudah terlanjur tinggal di SUnway Monash Condo, plz don't do the same mistake as me.

NBA Playoffs : Lakers vs Phoenix ( 3 -4 )
Habis sudah umur Los Angeles Lakers di babak Playoffs NBA Championship. Memang Kobe Bryant ga bisa just do "his own things" untuk jadikan Lakers juara. Tapi karna gw penggemar Lakers, jadi mau ga mau sedih juga. Perjuangan Lakers juga perlu dikasi kredit, sampai game ke 7 lawan Phoenix itu sudah luar biasa. Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire dan Shawn Marion masi diatas Kobe Bryant dengan sedikit sokongan dari Lamar Odom. Moga-moga aja musim depan Los Angeles Lakers dapat draft yang bagus atau trade yang menguntungkan. Next season Lakers...Next season!!

Jumat itu hari libur..

2006-05-05T05:22:00.000+08:00

5.21 AM

Masi bangun ga ada kerjaan, daripada menerawang ga tentu arah bagusan gw tulisin aja blog gw. Dah lama jg gw ga nge-blog, bukannya malas...[walau ada juga rasa malas dikit...] tapi karna gw ga sempat, kebanyakan tugas akhir-akhir ini. Blom lagi yang mo dikumpul minggu depan, satupun blom ada yang disentuh. Kebetulan gw sedang dalam rangka diet maen PS, kayanya nge-blog bikin gw jadi ga malas2 banget. [Ketahuan maen PS mulu...haha] Barusan aja gw dah bingung mo maen apa lagi, dari Final Fantasy X sampai WWF Smackdown dah diutak-atik, masih aja bosan. Emang Malaysia the most boring country in the world, maybe I haven't through all the excitement...I guess, but still...

Tapi ada bagusnya juga ga banyak2 keluar, jadinya ngirit. Biasanya sih akhir semester dah sibuk nyari bantuan dana, tapi not this time. Manajemen keuangan gw masih lancar2 aja, malah terlalu lancar. Malah sampai bingung mo diapain sisa duit [gaya...!!!].

Kemaren pergi ke library untuk ke sekian kalinya, nyari buku yang seharusnya ga perlu dibaca. Dari biografi, politik sampai media informasi dibaca semua, tapi rasanya ga satupun yang masuk kepala. Tapi yang namanya perpustakaan itu[excluding buat orang2 yang bikin PR atau assignment..]sudah kaya tempat orang mencari jati diri bagi manusia kehilangan arah kaya gw. Tiap buku itu adalah filosofi baru, seperti desa yang lom ada listrik, trus dikasi penerangan pertama kaya lilin. Trus sesudah llistrik masuk pake lampu, trus ada TV, VCD, PS, etc. Ga ada ujungnya, ganti2 trus. Bukan berarti yang lama ga dipakai lagi, tetap aja dipakai meski ga sesring dulu. Gitu juga buku buat gw, makin lama ga ada lagi buku yang menarik. Semua nya udah sama aja, sama2 buku yang gw tahu pasti ga lengkap. Mana ada buku yang lengkap coba? Bahkan untuk satu pokok pembahasan, semuanya beda2 baik sudut pandang atau penyampaian. Satu2 nya cara ya diserap semua, ga tau mau dipakai kapan. Confusing.....

Nah judul diatas itu khusus buat gw, karna yang namanya Jumat itu buat gw udah hampir ga ada bedanya ma Sabtu atau Minggu. Hampir tiap Jumat gw bolos kelas. Opps...bukannya bangga atau kenapa, tapi yang namanya kelas menjelang weekend itu pasti ga ada yang menarik. Daripada gw ikutan dosa sama teman2 yang lain karna memandang dosen dengan pandangan bloon, ditambah pikiran yang kira2 pasti sama "Ini dosen ngomong paan sih? KOk lama banget ya rasanya? Kapan siapnya nih?...". Jadi dengan berlapang dada dan berat hati, jadilah hari Jumat ini official holiday bagi manusia bejat bernama Gerry haha

Nge-blog setelah sekian lama, bingung juga....

I love Monday...

2006-03-21T03:08:00.000+08:00

Monday itu......
hari yang paling nyebelin buat seluruh umat manusia, paling dihindari, paling malas buat bangun, begitu juga dengan gw. Bukannya gw ga mau menyambut udara pagi, tapi gw udah termasuk yang paling cepat menyambut udara pagi....soalnya tidur baru jam steng 8 pagi. Nice.....kalo orang rumah tau gw tidur pagi, dan bukan hanya sekali dua kali haha bisa dipulangin ke Indonesia biar lebih gampang dipantai. Okay, itu tadi tidur pagi...bangun nya jam stengah 1 siang. Mo bangun pagi, siang, sore, malam ato ga bangun2 di harim Senin buat gw ga masalah, ga ada kelas soalnya...*kayanya di tiap postingan gw bilang kaya gini...hehe sekalian pamer*. Rencananya mo makan siang ma yang lain, untung bangunnya tepat jadi ga usah telat makan seperti hari2 biasanya.

Why do I love Monday? Especially for today.....I really love Monday. Jadi sesudah makan siang, gw langsung balik ke kamar, karna ada janji pergi sama2 Tutur nyari kerjaan. Asli gw butuh kerjaan disini, selain buat ngurangin pengeluaran yang ga perlu, bisa buat isi hari gw yang lama2 gw rasa monoton banget. Ga tanggung2 rencana mo kerja di Restaurant Zen, resoran sushi yang cukup elite di Sunway. Disini banyak mahasiswa yang part-time, jadi gw ma Tutur pede aja kesana. Apalagi kemarennya Bob bilang kalo Zen kekurangan orang buat hari Rabu ma Kamis, dan dia udah mulai kerja jg disana. Jadi gw pikir, "Kesempatan....?!?!". Sebetulnya ini bukan pertama kali kami lamar kerja kesana. Kira2 3 minggu sebelumnya gw ma Tutur juga pernah lamar kesana buat jadi waitress, tapi cuma masuk waiting list *bukan beli barang aja waiting list...kerja ada waiting list jg* dan disuruh isi form gitu buat bukti. Dulu itu gw udah pesimis aja, karna dengar2 ngelamar ke Restaurant Zen ini susah karna banyak yang ngelamar, apalagi job nya cuma waitress aja. Sampai disana gw disambut ama manajernya dikira mo makan, manajernya beda ama yang dulu gw datang kesana. Kalo dulu manajernya itu cewek Chinese cantik baik manis meski sedang sibuk, sekarang ini manajernya cowok Chinese sengak kaya taik ga tau etika bikin resto sepi. Gw udah firasat ga baik aja, tapi won't hurt to try...but I was wrong.
"Excuse me, we are lookin for job vacancy available.." gw nanya sambil senyum bikin good impresion
"Lookin what..?" si manajer nanya balik, dia ga balas senyum...
"Lookin for job, sir...cause we heard there were some empty shift..?" masih senyum gw
"Full..." jawaban pasti tapi muka taik nya udah mulai keluar
"We are..." mencoba jelaskan kalo kami ini student dari Sunway College, bukan begundal
"Nothin available..." si manajer jawab lg, sekali ini lebih tegas dan sepertinya ga suka
"Ok thank you" gw langsung keluar dengan darah mendidih di kepala
Gw marah...marah sekali sebenarnya. Manajernya ini bukan hanya langsung nolak gitu, tapi juga sama sekali ga nge-cek kalo ada staff kurang ato sekurang-kurang nya nyodorin form waiting list nya. Rupanya tadi konfirmasi ma Laura, tu orang Assistant Manager dan cewek yang dulu itu SUpervisor (jadi Manager asli nya mana..?). Jujur gw sama sekali bukan marah karna dapat kerja atau tidak, tapi gw muak dengan rude attitude kaya gitu. This is become quite personal and sensitive, jadi topik nya gw post di lain hari aja. But soal ga dapat kerja, gw nyantai aja...ga se-desperate itu dan being rejected is natural (but not with that kind of way...).

Meski gw masih kepikiran sama gaya manajer yang bikin gw ga habis pikir, gw masih harus lanjutin hari Senin gw ini. Cukup sudah yang bikin rusak suasana Senin gw, karna yang menyenangkan bakalan nyusul. Pertama-tama bikin ide mendadak ma Richie en Tutur, mo pergi nonton...tapi blom tau nonton apa. Pergi ke TGV Pyramid, akhirnya mutusin nonton film I Not Stupid 2, film Singapore. Tadinya sih gw males banget nonton film ini, apalagi katany film Singapore (gw lebih prefer film Indonesia daripada film Malaysia atau Singapore...). Tapi ya sudahlah, gw nurut aja...daripada sendirian nonton V for Vendeta (katanya film yg cukup inspirational...). Jadi kami beli tiket 6, buat gw - Richie - Tutur - Elsa - Onny - Yonk2. Lumayan rame juga, daripada cuma ber-3. The best think was nongkrong dulu di Haagen Dasz, they have great ice cream. Kombinasi rokok ma ice cream kayanya lumayan jg haha.

Film I Not Stupid 2 lumayan, ga serusak yg gw kira. Gw kira film jelek yang dipaksain jadi komedi, ternyata ga terbukti. Filmnya menceritakan kehidupan siswa sekolah, ato lebih tepatnya kehidupan sehari-hari anak2 di Singapore. Dari persoalan rumah sampai pergaulan diceritakan, storyline nya cukup bagus. Walau pas pertamanya film-nya agak lambat, tapi jalan ceritanya jelas...ga bertele-tele, jadi gampang ngertinya. Campuran komedi dan drama, bikin film yang dalam artinya dan lumayan menyentuh. Singkat kata, filmnya sederhana...tapi i rate it quite high for the story.

Chinatown, Petaling Street
Hari ini gw juga pergi ke Chinatown nyari sepatu baru. Yang lama dah hancur, kadang dipakai maen basket, kadang dipakai pergi kuliah, kadang ga dipakai-pakai. Kebetulan bahan sepatu gw yang lama halus banget, dari kain gitu, jadi gampang rusak. So I need a new pair of shoes which tough, strong and powerful haha. Akhirnya gw pergi ke Chinatown ma Tutur, tempat yang terkenal dengan barang-barang murah di Malaysia, kualitas kelas dua dan full of copet. Jadi kami terpaksa extra waspada haha. Taksi nya juga terpaksa pakai taksi yang udah kenal, supaya ga kena tipu pas bayar argo. Pergi nya jam 6 pulang steng 9, hasilnya? Sukses besar...dapat sepatu plus baju pula, total kalo dirupiahkan Rp. 200,000. Rp. 150,000 sepatu plus baju Rp. 50,000 gwahaha What a nice Monday I had...

to be continued....

NB: I hate racism, so I never had and never will approve racism around the world. But instead got granted, or at least appreciation to what I've done...people show racism in my face, to me myself. I'll post my opinion in the next post. Adios...

Relieved

2006-03-18T03:14:00.000+08:00

I am pretty tired now, but I forced myself to post somethin to my Grey Blog. My girlfriend told me to post somethin, coz I didn't post anythin for couple of days. She is quite pushy for asking me this, something like…. "I wanna know what u have been doing, wats new bout..". I get the idea from her SMS to me, but it was enough to charge the battery. Here I am, typing and wondering, what kind of crap should I write today?

Okay, a little confession... I skipped all my class today, nothing really matters. I hate class in Friday, like mocking me who will enjoy weekend for the next 2 days (for me it’s 3 day…no class in Monday..). But I make some progress on my assignments, maybe it will be done around next week *yeaaaahhhh..*. But I still have 2 more assignments to go, and 3 weeks to the due date...so layin back a little bit won’t be any problem. I punched my "un-socialized mode" on today; I woke up around 9, didn’t bath, didn’t brush my teeth, didn’t have breakfast, I didn’t even out of my room...I just sat in front of my PS2 and play until 3. Thank God to my fellas, who knocked my door and ask me out for playin pool. If not, I bet I could spend whole day being a caveman *personal record...2 days without food*. But don’t take it wrong, I am a social person and love being around people, but I don’t mind to be with myself as long as it takes to take my "social mode" on. I call it my "light side" haha.

Crap in my head

Have u ever deal with cocky person? And wondering what will make him stop? At least keep his feet on the ground? Here are some tips to deal with that kind of human being:

• Keep your head up, never let him/her thinks that he/she is better than you
• Give responds, not compliment
• Never let him/her know every little details about you
• Keep listening, but avoid eye-contact
• When he/she keep boasted up, counter attack will be necessary
• Take him/her to your list haha

Hope it useful and believe me or not there is a tutorial for this kind of situation. I just summarize it to keep it handy. Check eHow: How to deal with Impossible People.

Currently listening to Duality - Slipknot

Weekend..??ohhh...it's weekend!!

2006-03-10T17:56:00.000+08:00

Udah jalan 2 minggu aja semester ini, masih ada 11 minggu untuk berjuang menjelajahi buku demi buku, assignment-assaignment. To be honest, rasanya malas bikin assignments, rencananya weekend ini udah mau mulai bikin. Ga mau lagi kaya semester kemaren, ada yang ga selesai...ada yang last minute....ada yang kececer....ada yang Failed haha. Tapi tetap aja yang namanya harus enjoy dulu hehe *emang ga ada niat..*. Rencananya ntar malam mo nonton Underworld 2: Evolution. Katanya yang dah nonton sih keren, tapi ga tau yah...soalnya Underworld yang pertamanya asli, suckzz. Mo bikin film fiksi tanggung-tanggung, ga cukup banyak konflik dan yang bikin penasaran. Hmm...ntar malam mo makan mana ya? mungkin di Ming Tien, tp kalo lg malas ya di poolside...atau malah ga makan? haha perut aja sekarang sudah berontak keras, I'll feed u later...u know, stomach is the beast of every human being. Never let it in hunger, otherwise it will take something else from u...conciousness.

Disamping program2 ga jelas selama 3 hari libur ini *senin gw libur jg haha tidor ampe soreee!!!*, gw juga dah nyiapin alternatif kalau2 ga jadi bikin assignment. Kemaren gw pergi ke perpustakaan buat nyari bacaan yang menyita waktu, mendingan daripada jalan2 yg ga jelas - bikin bokek!! Ketemu 3 buah bacaan, semua tentang politik. Dari Where is Liberty? trus satu lagi gw lupa judulnya...sama Introduction to Facism and Nazism *wait...don't judge me yet, I don't even read it*. Pas udah mau ke counter buat minjem, kartu perpustakaan gw rupanya expired, nge***t! an***g!, pa***k! Kasirnya minta bukti pembayaran yang semester ini. Terpaksa gw dengan berat hati balik ke perpustakaan hari ini, yg bikin gw naik darah itu...bukunya ga di-reserve atas nama gw. Jadi bukunya udah balik ke rak-rak buku. Pas dicari lagi ga ketemu....bangsaaaaaaaaatttt!! Ga jadi akhirnya gw minjam yang 3 itu, gw cari yang lain...mungkin pengurus nya bilang "bahaya nih anak bacaannya...bagus bukunya disembunyikan aja.." haha. Ya udah, gw telusuri lagi rak-rak perpus...karna gw penggemar maniak tokoh-tokoh besar, ga lama gw udah ketemu buku yang cocok.

Ini dia buku yang bakal diolah selama weekend:

Gw mulai baca buku Stalin ini. reading in progrezzz.......

NB: Malam ini makan Chicken Hertz...Happy Birthday Anggun...

Microsoft Origami launched in CeBIT 2006

2006-03-10T07:46:00.000+08:00

After a long speculation about the new Microsoft's mobile device for a few months. Microsoft break all the curiosity, by released the final form of Microsoft Origami in German yesterday, during the opening of the world largest fair for computer and IT, CeBIT 2006 in Hannover. Microsoft might not want to create more buzz, that can affect their sale later on. The leaked information about Microsoft Origami, force the Microsoft and Samsung (the hardware supplier..) to quicken the publicity. In fact, Microsoft had gave unconfirmed information, as in the OrigamiProject dot com.

Ultra Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC), as they labelled were smaller than tablet PC, to support the mobility. Microsoft had developed special software for the devices, called Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows XP. Microsoft also promised, the next generation of Microsoft Origami will be supported by Windows Vista, the new OS for Microsoft.

General appereance:
With 1.25 kg weight and the thickness will be no more than 2.5 cm, Origami will be very mobile. The capacity for the hardisk approximately around 30 - 60 Gygabyte *Man, it's a PC*. Other than that, Origami also has been completed with touch screen interface, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and USB ports.

But the problem for the product will be the battery. At least until now, the battery last only for 2.5 hours. If the mobility what a device will specialize at, Microsoft and their partners have to work somethin on that. People don't want to look for electricity plug-in when they are in a park, in a mountain or on the desert. haha...but they will find a way. Rock on Origami.

Reliable sources:

Massage Milk, blogger China ditutup

2006-03-09T08:41:00.000+08:00

Wah rupanya kalo di Denmark, koran Jylland-Posten yang memuat kartun Nabi Muhammad masih tenang-tenang aja, lain lagi dengan China. Karena terlalu banyak berbicara tentang kebijakan pemerintah, China *ngga pake lama* langsung nutup Massage Milk - sebuah blog yang paling banyak dibaca di China. Bukan cuma terkenal di China, Massage Milk jg bahkan sampai ke luar negri, malah dimuat di Newsweek *mantap..*. Massage Milk adalah blog-nya Wang Xiao Feng a.k.a Dai San Ge Biao. Wang Xiao Feng sendiri adalah seorang jurnalis LifeWeek di China, dan punya sampingan juga sebagai blogger *ngga cape nulis terus, bozz..?*. Padahal gw mau baca blog-nya, tapi pakai bahasa China. Pake Thesaurus aja bisa ga yah..? Beberapa terjemahan Massaga Milk dapa dilihat disini.

Gw ga tau juga mau berdiri dimana dalam masalah penutupan blog-nya Wang Xiao Feng. Dalam lubuk hati sih, gw mendukung sepenuhnya atas pengkritikan terhadap pemerintah China. Kebebasan pers dalam negeri untuk mengkritik pemerintahan sendiri aja sudah wajar seharusnya. Sekarang ini bahkan blog yang ditutup, gmana sih? kami ini orang kecil, karna ga terlalu pandai pakai JavaScript, PhP, MySQL atau bahkan HTML sekalipun, makanya terpaksa ngeblog. Ganbate yo Wang Xiao Feng *ganbate..bukannya jepang? hehe*

Diatas tadi gw ragu untuk bereaksi seperti apa, terutama supaya ga bias haha. Soalnya di postingan sebelum ini soal kartun Nabi Muhammad, gw sepenuh hati menentang free-speech disana. Gw bukannya plin-plan, tapi rasanya ada faktor yang bisa membedakan kedua kasus diatas tersebut. Kalo ada yang bisa kasi tau, soalnya gw ga ngerti ma faktornya.

NB: gw ngecek Massage Milk barusan, kok bisa dibuka ya..aneh

Elsa's 20th birthday

2006-03-07T06:41:00.000+08:00

Hari ini elsa ulang tahun...what a nice day for a birthday, but I can't assure it..the rainstorm in Malaysia is quite crazy. Every single day, I can't even pick my dry clothes. Btw, elsa ulang tahun..makan2 tadi di RSB, wuahhh gw kalo udah makan gratis, ga pake lama. Nasi goreng daging merah, udang goreng petai plus milo es [addition: it's big size..haha]. Ga mau rugi, kan temen2 gw disini ga setiap hari ulang tahun. Padahal sorenya gw sudah makan catering, but still I have some more rooms for free supper. Satu lagi tambahan, kue ulang tahunnya malah dapat empat potong. Potongan terakhir terpaksa gw makan dengan perasaan bersalah sama kuenya, karna udah ga rasa-rasa lagi pake lidah...langsung telan, glekk!!

Makan malamnya ga tanggung2, jam 12 malam jalan ke RSB kira-kira 20-an orang gitu kayanya. Untung aja gw laki-laki rakus ga tau diri, jadi ga perlu pertimbangan "dinner before 7" lagi haha. Beberapa gw liat makan ragu2 and milih-milih, tapi tetap makan [kapan lagi, bro?]. Memang waktunya agak aneh, jam 12 malam. Gw sempat ragu juga boleh keluar ama security condo, kan jam malamnya jam 12. Malah sekarang keluarnya justru jam 12, pulangnya cuma Tuhan yang tau kalo dah rame gitu. Tapi kayanya security tau aja kalo ada yang ultah, so di-monggo-in aja. Dalam pikiran security-nya "Ni anak2 pasti bakal pulang kayanya, jadi kasi keluar aja...terutama yang ultah, pasti pulang punya...mesti mandi, cuci bajunya..." hahaha

That's what really happened. Senjata yang sudah dipersiapkan oleh Sherly dkk diluncurkan tepat setelah acara dinner. Telur lebih kurang 30 butir, tepung terigu plus kue ultah yang sisa...hajar brur!! Sepanjang jalan dari RSB ke College ke Condo jadi saksi pengeksekusian ber-krim [bukan berdarah...]. Si Handi [cow Elsa..] malah jadi pelopor, haha kalo cow nya aja udah maju...temen yang laen udah ga ragu2 lagi, gempur selagi sempat. Dengan perlawanan seadanya, Elsa mencoba menyerang balik...tapi sayang sisa2 tenaga sudah habis, mungkin mikirin gmana nyampo rambutnya, yang kalo dipanggang udah bisa jadi bolu [full tepung dan telur...]. Beberapa comrade sempat jadi korban sipil, tapi bukan karna perlawanan Elsa, tapi kena peluru nyasar. Brengsek loe Bob, lempar telurnya liat-liat man...sendal Reef gw jadi korban. Blom lagi Tutur, maen kibas-kibas macam baling2 aja tepungnya...liat arah angin donk, jaket gw yang hitam terpaksa gw cuci besok. But overall, mission accomplished...korban terkena tekanan psikologis karna mau ga mau dipaksa mandi jam 2 pagi. Who is next..?

The pictures of the massacre can be seen here [used my cellphone...coz I left my digicam in Padang..]:

Happy 20th Birthday to Elsa

NB: Ga tidur semalaman, mengingat baru pulang jam 3 pagi..may not make it to the morning class..

Kilas balik [my fu**** life]

2006-03-06T14:59:00.000+08:00

[flashback]

gw putar balik lembaran lama hidup gw."gw" setengah tahun yang lalu sama sekali bukan manusia, bukan jasad bernyawa. Jasad memang ada, tapi nyawa bagi gw yang dulu bukan sesuatu yang harus dipertahankan. Kesannya memang terlalu hiperbolyc, but that's the way it was. Masalah-masalah yang datang silih berganti, dari masalah keuangan sampai masalah pribadi, sampai persoalan study gw yang kececer-cecer benar2 bikin gw muak sama hidup. Kenapa beberapa orang bisa gampang saja dapat sesuatu yang tanpa perlu susah payah? Beberapa malah banting tulang dan banting harga diri, tapi tetap ga berhasil. For that kind of guy, I praise my salute to you...you have a great and magnificent will to life.

Sementara gw masih berkutat dengan masalah2 gw sendiri. Gw masih harus di pusingkan dengan pikiran2 gw yang pada saat itu terus berputar pada porosnya, something that I shouldn't bother to think. Ini gw list pikiran2 gw yang mengganggu:

Who is GOD?
Why is HE leave all the mankind on their own?
Do we as human being always make a right choice to choose the right things?
Do bad things can't be a right things?
Why should be a war out there? [and again where is GOD?]
Why should my soul stuck in my body? Is there any purpose there?
Why should I live? [coz I don't ask]

Makin lama pikiran kaya gitu makin mengganggu dan ga bisa ditoleransi. I tend to kill myself..really. Pertama-tama gw bunuh dulu pikiran gw, dengan cara ga mau ambil pusing dengan apa-apa. Gw baru tau juga kalau kita berhenti berpikir secara bertahap dan mulai menjauhi social interaction, pikiran pasti mati...paling gak terinfeksi penyakit "bingung". Gw bingung gak tau mau ngapain, dan kalo ada kesempatan pasti cari buka internet untuk cari cara mati yang paling ga sakit. But the problem, gw ga ada keberanian...I am such a wuss. Gw takut apa ya? kenapa gw takut? Yang pasti bukan Tuhan, karna Tuhan memang sekali ga ada di hati gw. Bahkan sampai sekarang, I am atheist...I am not proud of it, but that's the way it is.

But now

Gw masih ada di sekitar udara yang berhembus nyaman sekarang ini, dengan aroma Marlboro Light. Masih aktif nge-post sampai sekarang karena beberapa hal yang bikin gw bertahan hidup. Pikiran ini juga masih hidup, masih berputar pada porosnya....tapi sekarang dengan batasan-batasan tertentu, gw sebut "thought around the fence".

Meski sekarang gw tetap ga tau apa yang bisa gw capai sekarang, ga tau apa gw sudah lebih dewasa dalam berpikir atau masih begitu-begitu jg. But the rage that live inside me, the rage that caused by skeptism and disability to recieve what life is actually. Apa yang bikin gw masih berkeinginan untuk hidup? Beberapa tips untuk bertahan hidup [thought version]:

"U will never know, till u gonna go..." terisnpirasi dari My Way, Limp Bizkit. Urut apa2 yang kita tinggalkan di belakang, kalau ingin mendahului yang lain haha
Bersyukur, ini yang gw kurang sekali dalam hidup. Bersyukur bikin gw merasa lebih menghargai apa yang gw punya sekarang
Untuk sekadar mati pun, gw masih belum berharga. Gw belum lihat apa2, gw belum tahu apa. More things for us out there.
Surrounded by precious people. Keluarga, cew gw dan teman2 gw memang sumber inspirasi...melebihi apapun. granted to my love who encourage me more than anyone else and keep her head up for me. Thank you all.

Kematin mengejarku

Dibalik kulit dan tulang
Nyawaku yang pudar kehilangan sirna
Cercah ini kucari, bukan kudamba
Hilang asa sejenak
"Kenapa KAU tiupkan nafasku..?"**
"Siapa KAU...?"
Belati kuhujam
Lalu aku melayang
mencari
mencari-Nya yang didendangkan manusia
dibalik doa-doa puji mereka
Tanya inginku
"Kenapa...?"

Terkesiap
Tak siap
Ada terlupa
Ada tertinggal
Duniawi belum lepas hasrat
Kembali
Kembali pulang
dalam dekapan
aku jera
mengejar kematian
biar
sebaliknya nanti
kapan-kapan

** = inspired by Kirana, by Dewa 19 - Pandawa Lima

Paranoia

2006-03-04T04:58:00.000+08:00

Penyakit "upside-down during sleeping time" kembali menyerang. Kalo di dunia kedokteran apa namanya, gw juga pengen tau. Kalo siang "sleepy_in_a_beauty" menyerang ga segan2, yang namanya bantal ma guling gimana baunya tetap aja nyaman. Nah kalo malam atau pagi buta lain lagi, mata melek ga perlu pake Nescafe Classic. Cukup aer putih trus rokok sebungkus, sekedar buat ngepul. Rokoknya ga diisap juga ga masalah, asal gw tau kalo "tanaman pembunuh" ini selalu ada. That's make me quite ready to start surfing around the net or do the blogwalking. Pencipta rokok pasti masuk surga...!!??

Tadi midnight nonton Final Destination 3 bareng yang laen...rame!! Memang butuh mental kuat tuk nonton film gruesome kaya gitu. Darah dimana-mana, gw suka sih...kadang bikin excited haha. Bayangin aja kepala orang ditembus pake paku buat nembak papan, wuihhh for sure Hannibal Lecter should find a new way to make people terrified. Pulangnya masih rame bicarain yang tadi ditonton, en mulai nakut2 in orang lain. Padahal semua udah paranoid, karna rupanya semua yang di sekitar kita bisa membunuh. Dari peralatan gym sampai transportasi sehari-hari. A must watched movie.

DejaVu appeared suddenly.

Pyramid Mall kalo malam kontras banget sama siangnya (ini opini orang bodoh memang...). Tapi kalo ngerasain sendiri beda banget,hingar bingar nya hilang. Yang ada slot2 toko dengan jeruji besi, tegas "stay out of here". Disini gw liat lg sebuah paranoia, ketakutan antara manusia dengan manusia dan sekitar. Takut kehilangan, takut sendiri (bayangin aja sendiri di mall sendiri, gelap...sepi...horor!!), segala ketakutan ga rasional menurut gw. Paranoia yang tercipta karna kesombongan, kenyamanan, kemapanan, dll...akhirnya kembali lg ke diri sendiri. Are we become paranoid to ourselves? Gw ga tau jg kenapa gw mendeskripsikan foto2 yang gw ambil tadi seperti ini.

NB: for a friend out there who feelin blue rite now. Everythin will be alright and may the God bless both of you

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Continue "Do you know what I mean" by Oasis

Microsoft Origami [Real Deal...??]

2006-03-02T14:34:00.000+08:00

Still from computer lab, while my internet is still not working though...grrrr!!

Shocking news, "Digital War" had become very intense. Apple iPod which put their domination through portable player, forced to be more prepare with the upcoming, Microsoft Origami. What is Microsoft Origami? Is it a flip-flop digital player?or Xbox portable? who knows..?

According to Macrumours, this mysterious new portable devices, will able to cover almost all digital enhancement. From 3G, handwrtting recogniziton, media player, sketching, GPS/mapping and also games. So what will seperate them from PDA? We don't know, but Ryan Block was pretty sure - from what he called reliable resources - that the launcing will be coming soon. Also a mysterious site was discovered, maybe it has something to do with the Microsoft Origami, which can be seen at OrigamiProject dot com. It's tickin man, did u see the countdown there? watch out.

All of the information here could be just a hoax, nobody sure about it. How the information leaked out before the official announcement will be enough reason to not believe this information. But for sure, it will be a big blast when it comes trus. Don't u think so?

Here some of the pictures that I got from Ryan Block on Engadget:

NB: I tried to check about Microsoft Origami on the official website, none..not a single thing related to it. Maybe this article will be more reliable

how fucked up is this?

2006-03-02T11:46:00.000+08:00

gw ga bisa online sekarang, how fucked up is that? padahal banyak yang mau gw tulis, tapi 2 hari terakhir gw ga bisa online. Gw ke manajemen, trus katanya ada "hacker" gitu nyuri, ntah band with ntah MAC address...ga ngerti gw. Yang penting gw ga bisa online...bangun pagi komputer gw buka, sambil makan komputer jg, mau tidur jg komputer. for an addition, IT'S ONLINE. I don't care for any excuses. oiii...hacker, kalo mo ngehack...tuh, komp admin aja dihack trus bagi2 password nya. Kan bikin rugi rekan2 sejawat kalo kaya gini.

Terpaksa deh pake komputer kampus buat online. Lain rasanya online pake komputer kampus gini. Terlalu rame, jadi ga bisa browsing dengan tenang (dan senang hehe...). Gw kebetulan lagi nyari info kalo ada yang jual buku textbook bekas. Semester baru, buku baru semua...supaya ga cekak, terpaksa cari bekas. Masalahnya beberapa buku, sama sekali baru dan ga ada semester sebelumnya. "Why did they change the book,sir?" a student asked. "How should I know? I am not the one who in charge about this book things". Shit, artinya bakalan ada pengeluaran yang diluar perkiraan, tapi bagusnya sudah gw handle dengan ngejual buku2 bekas gw. Anybody interested? haha

NB: If it doesn't connected to the web. plz just kill ur computer. U had abused what its faith meant to be

Carling Cup 2006 for United

2006-02-27T13:36:00.000+08:00

Manchester United was in fabulous performance last night. I seemed that they should never had problem in Premiership anyway (but that's not the fact..isn't?). Carling Cup 2006 put Manchester United and Wigan Athletic on the Final Stage. Manchester which just had lost because the horrible broken leg and mislocated ankle by Alan Smit, looked very enthusiastic snce the begining of the match. Keep the possesion all the time, even so the play was not really fast like United always used to be. I dont know, maybe they didn't want to be careless until they got in the game.

Rooney started the winning by scored in 33th minute. His skill as a striker, my God, undoubtful despite his young age. I can't believe that he is still in my age. I can't even kick properly til this moment hahaha. After the half time, Louis Saha, Ronaldo and again Wayne Rooney pull everything off. This is the first title for Manchester United for this season and I am certainly sure as the only title. Sorry for all Man United fans, no one can stop Chelsea for being the champion for Premiership this season. Gary Neville became the captain that night and probably the first title for him as a captain. Wayne Rooney, should I mention this?, was the man of the match for being the inspiration and the "panzer" of his team. No one in that match that ran as much as he was, incredible.

Maybe some of the fans would be curious, about the T-shirt that they wore after the match. It said "For you smudge", and every United's player use it in the ceremony. It was for Alan Smith, which have broken leg, because they want Alan Smith also there with them. Great solidarity, great performance, great team and be better next season. Viva Manchester United.

The Carling Cup 2006 conclude here and here:

Manchester United (1) 4
vs
Wigan Athletic (0) 0 FT

Rooney 33, 61Saha 55Ronaldo 59

CC, Kick-off: 15: 00

Att: 66866

Dukungan moral untuk hak cipta [Part 1]

2006-02-25T18:12:00.000+08:00

Seiring berkembangnya blogging service dan juga web langguage tutor, seperti w3school, perkembangan website dan webblog, baik yang berorientasi profit atau non-profit, semakin cepat dan meluas. Kini bukan hanya para saudara-saudara kita yang belajar pemograman saja yang bisa buat blog atau website, yang tidak mengerti HTML sama sekali saja sudah bisa nge-post di blog yang sederhana. Tapi sama seperti membuat skripsi atau research, setiap penulis blog atau website harus mengerti aturan-aturan yang ada.

Pernah bikin PR tapi nyontek punya teman? atau dibikinin prakarya sama mama...trus bilang ke guru kalau ini karya sendiri? That's just an simple example. Soal PR atau prakarya ga usah dibahas, soalnya gw jg sering nyontek PR haha. Ingat soal kontroversi tuduhan penjiplakan yang dilakukan oleh Ahmad Dhani, dari Dewa 19? Ntah judul album, judul lagu atau sebagian lirik lagu...di "copy-paste" dari karya Khalil Gibran. Nah...contoh diatas juga diterapkan oleh beberapa netter, "copy-paste" selain cepat, juga ga perlu mikir2 bikin bahasa sendiri. Cukup block tulisan, klik kanan ==> copy, truz ke halaman tujuan, klik kanan lagi ==> paste. Menurut gw - meski tetap aja ga kreatif - copy-paste sudah lumrah sekali dilakukan, tapi mohon dengan cara yang benar. At least you do wrong things right.

Sama seperti menyusun daftar pustaka setelah halaman isi sebuah buku, hasil "copy-paste" juga harus menyertakan resource link yang menyatakan kita memberi kredit atas kontribusi atau informasi yang telah kita "copy-paste". Untuk beberapa informasi atau tulisan, kita bahkan harus minta ijin terlebih dahulu kepada sang penulis, apakah kita boleh untuk mempergunakan tulisannya atau karyanya. Publik sebagai "information consumer" harus tahu darimana informasi yang didapat berasal.

Blogger JAF (Just Another Fool) telah meneriakkan batasan2 dalam postingannya yang berjudul "Jangan Asal Copy-Paste"untuk meng-copy paste dalam sebuah blog atau artikel online, entah itu berupa tulisan, desain, dan sebagainya yang bisa dikategorikan jiplak abis. Bukan untuk pamer atau gagah-gagah an, tapi ketidaktahuan akan menimbulkan kesalah pahaman. Kata kunci dari "Jangan Asal Copy-Paste" bukan "Copy-Paste" nya, tapi "Jangan Asal". Menurut pemahaman gw sih, copy-paste sih sah2 aja, asal tidak ada pihak yang merasa dirugikan dengan aksi tersebut. Baik penulis informasi dan juga konsumen atas informasi itu sendiri. Disinilah letak pentingnya link balik ke informasi asal dan recognizion atas karya orang lain tersebut. Contoh: letaklah gw sudah copy-paste atas banner milik Bang JAF diatas, tapi gw juga tulis dari mana gambar tersebut gw dapat, silakan klik link yang tersedia di sekitarnya.

Secara ndak langsung teriakan bang JAF juga seperti mendukung Creative Common yang sedang gencar akhir2 ini. Kapan yah ada Creative Common Indonesia, seperti Creative Commons Malaysia, biar orang Indonesia lebih mengerti tentang Creative Common yang agak berbeda dalam copyright law ini. Gw jg blom ngerti nih, ntar kalo dah ngerti gw posting lagi deh.

Uncommon Post, Sweet Memory [just ignore it, ya'll]

2006-02-23T03:30:00.000+08:00

Sebenarnya gw jarang banget posting tentang personal feeling, terutama yang berhubungan dengan yang sentimentil dan mendayu-dayu...I hate it. Tapi sekali ini sudah ga tertahan lagi, udah sesak sekali...ga tau mau "muntah" ke siapa. Dengan sedikit berat hati terpaksa blog gw jadi innocent victim.

Gw kangen banget sekarang ma cew gw, Vera. The greatest woman that I ever met. Manusia unik yang mau ngerti sesosok manusia lainnya kaya gw ini. Gw kangen kalo dia lagi ngambek, seru ngerayu nya. Gw kangen pas dia panggil gw "teletubbies" (meski sampai sekarang gw ga tau gw yang mana...ntah Lala, Po, ato apa yg laen gw lupa...). Pernah liat pantai? Selama 3 tahun terakhir gw ga pernah ke pantai kalo ga ada dia. Kami pencinta pantai sejati. Dibela-belain bangun jam 6 pagi, tancap gas ke rumanya truz ke pantai. Disana bisa lama banget ampe capek.

Rasanya libur gw kok pendek bgt ya. Maybe I said I leave her without regret coz of the good time we had. But still.....I miss her a lot, every single shine of the sun...coz I know I was enjoying some of the first shine with her.

Gw nelp dia tadi, great to hear her voice. Ga pernah serius...adanya becanda truz ampe salah satu sebel. I know she think that I don't love her much, especially when we are far apart. I know deep in her heart, she doubt me a lot. But I can't say anything, not to say something that make us fell uncomfortable coz of the distance. Jadi rasa bersalah yang ada...makanya tadi gw sms dia ampe 800 huruf...gila, pertama kalinya sms sepanjang it [hp baru ceritanya...hehe]. Gw pengen bilang berapa besar arti dia buat gw. Gw tau dia pasti dah tidur, dan ada kemungkinan dia marah2 karna terbangun ma sms yg gw kirim. Sedangkan dia ga bisa tidur lagi....mana besok ada kelas. Pasti begitu. Tapi mau gimana lagi, gw cuma mu dia tau aja...

Mungkin cuma posting pendek sekedarnya, ditambah embel2 yg sentimentil. But I feel much better now. I don't care

NB: Deja_Vu, rasanya gw pernah nulis sesuatu kaya gini. Bisa ga yah Deja_Vu dijelaskan? Kadang penasaran.....

Free speech VS Indomitable heart

2006-02-20T01:59:00.000+08:00

Up until now, my personal judgement about free speech can be approved still around "the fact that should be announced", even if it can be outstretched to "opinion that accountable to all aspect or element that involved in it". But I am wrong, misjudging about free speech lead the to "any word/idea, but nothing". It won't matter anymore if any caustic remarks that released can aggravate someone, some religions, some races, some parties, etc. Unavoidable that media are claimed to provide unlimited information to the society. But if media hope that all the subjects are all steel-hearted, they will face bad consequences.

There were, there are, and will never such thing as absolute freedom in any type of system. Even United States of America, which always exaggerate about independent world, has done few things to limit any movement that seems to threat their "national security", including art, journalistic, dll.

Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy is an absolute mistake that not necessary to happened, more over it also can burn up hatred between two side with no reason at all. Should free speech justify some people to mock some others, or even insult for worldwide's information? Create dissent over media's rating? Are you insane?

The protest from all over the world regarding Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, which I myself fell really sorry to the violence that happened on some parts of the world, is a normal reaction. What kind of expectation do people want from the Moslem? Do the media want the Moslem just stay read the paper and expect them to laugh over it? Sarcastic joke over sensitive issues -like religon - are NOT a joke.

Now, everyone can feel the heat of the controversy. Should we throw oil on the flame? Should we worsen it up, like this one ==> Italian Quits Over Cartoons; 15 Die in Nigeria

I quote from New York Times:

The protesters in Libya, angry over the minister's T-shirt, had stormed an Italian Consulate in Benghazi on Friday and were fired on by Libyan soldiers. Here in Italy, critics of Roberto Calderoli, the reforms minister who showed off his T-shirt on television earlier this week, blamed him for the violence — and even his own political allies, including Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, demanded his resignation.

"In these last days I expressed in my way solidarity with all those who have been struck by the blind violence of religious fanaticism," he said in a statement that referred to an Italian priest killed this month in Turkey by a Muslim who was reportedly angry over the cartoons. "But it was never my intention to offend the Muslim religion nor to be the pretext for the violence of yesterday," he said.

I am not really a religious man, but I know what kind of humiliating the Moslem felt. That kind of idiotic action statement from Roberto Calderoli should never happened again. There just enough dissent and anger to deal with, without irresponsible action like that.

This article do not discuss any religion issues, nor political issues. The purpose is just to show how some people do not respect on others' behalf could have great effect and have potential violent. If peace what we are looking for, with this "disturbance" there will be no peace ever. Every human being will protect everything that important to them at any cost, and when the indomitable heart can't be broken, understanding should be shown.

Pria dan wanita, dua kutub berbeda

2006-02-19T01:56:00.000+08:00

Setelah kerja keras selama 2 hari, kamar gw kembali menjadi tempat "layak huni". 3 gaya pembersihan udah dikerahkan: 1. Buang yg ga berguna, terutama yang nangkring seenaknya tanpa tujuan 2. Lap sampai bisa ngaca diatasnya 3. Susun ulang semua (kalo susun buku, komik harus paling atas hehe). Cukup sekian kesombongan atas achievement gw ini, keadaan kaya gini juga ga bakal tahan lama. Moga2...aminnn.

Bob, my bro datang dengan mantap ke kamar gw tadi jam 11. Gw ga pake acara minder lagi haha langsung gw tawarin kacang plus green tea. Karna dukungan atmosfir kamar yg udah mulus, jadi cepet abis suguhannya. Soalnya aroma kacang en green tea nya ga di-interupsi ma bau baju kotor gw lagi, atau bantal gw yg blom dicuci haha. Ngobrol ngalur ngidul, akhirnya ngomongin cew masing2. Kalo gw sih happy2 aja, tp Bob mood nya lagi ga baek2 banget...langsung cerita panjang lebar. Meski gw bukan good advisor, but I am really a good listener (termasuk ngupink..).

Yg panjang jadi pendek, Bob selesai ngomong kira2 sejam stengah kemudian. Gw guncang juga sedikit karna keluh kesahnya tadi..dalam hati "ada juga orang berpikiran sama ma gw yah...kirain gw aja yg aneh". Intinya yg ketangkap pemancar telinga, kalo cara pikiran pria dan wanita itu berbeda sama sekali. Sebenarnya kalo menurut logika, ga ada deh yang namanya menyatukan pria dan wanita dalam satu ikatan, soalnya mereka sudah lain sama sekali. Bukan menyamakan dengan binatang, tp antara pria dan wanita, mereka memiliki insting yg berbeda. Ini bawaan lahir, bukan hasil learning from society.

Penasaran...penasaran, gw cari di Google kalo2 ada pembahasannya. Optimis ketemu, cuma dalam satu keyword dapat hasilnya. Klik disini

Filosofi yang menarik dan hampir semuanya betul. Yang menarik contohnya:

To women, love is an occupation. To men, a preoccupation. To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all

Kalau semua yang di filosofi ini benar, ga mungkin pria dan wanita itu satu hati. Tp ga mungkinlah ini dijadikan patokan mutlak, terutama dengan ada nya pengertian yang mendalam antara kedua nya. It's not an intersection, just a highway full with signs.

Kuldesak

2006-02-18T16:57:00.000+08:00

AHMAD BAND - KULDESAK
(*) I look a round I fly to find

A space to lay my head upon (2x)

Aku bagai buih di laut biru

Tersapu ombak terhempas badai

Aku bagai debu di padang pasir

Terseret angin terbakar panas

Reff :
Tolonglah Tuhan beri petunjukMu

Jalan yang benar menuju jalanMU

Agar tak tersesat di persimpangan jalan

Kembali ke (*)

Aku bagai bintang di gelap malam

Diantara seribu bintang

Terdampar di puing jagad raya

Terkapar lelah tak berdaya

Ku menangis, kutertawa

Semua tak bisa di hindari

Kembali ke : Reff

Tolonglah Tuhan beri petunjukMu

Jalan yang benar menuju jalanMU

Agar tak tersesat di persimpangan jalan

Notes:

Pilihan dan keputusan, saling bercinta
Siapakah pasangan?
Dia melemparmu nanti
Terdampar di ujung dunia
Yang Mana...?? ( Gerry )

Magical Theatre Restaurant (Special Edition...)

2006-02-17T22:36:00.000+08:00

Udah 2 hari sejak gw datang ke Malaysia...everithin goin smooth about all the fu**** payment. Now, it's time to relax. Sebenarnya accident aja...gw lagi ke Pyramid mau bikin kacamata ( yg lama ilang...ga jelas, gara2 bersih2 kmaren..). Trus diajakin Tutur nonton Deddy Cobuzier di Magical Theatre Restaurant.

Bagi yang ga tau Deddy, jelas loe bukan orang Indonesia. Ciri2 tetap sama: Ghotic make-up, rambut kaisar Ming Dynasty, eye-catching for sure. Acara mulai jam 8.30, nikmati suasana dulu....tempat ok, meski kelewat gelap (biar horor...), makanan and minuman GREAT!!, tp mayan makan dompet. Gw minum kelapa rasa capucinno, atau capucinno rasa kelapa...pokoknya mantafff.

Sekitar 8.30 Deddy masuk pentas, ga pake lama langsung perform. Surprisingly, his English was good, malah lontarin joke2 gitu. Om Deddy ini langsung aja nebak2 gitu ke arah penonton, 95% correct. Yang bikin agak sebel, pas gw harusnya diajak participate....ditunggu-tunggu malah gak manggil, kata Tutur sih genderuwo gw kuat jg magic nya, ga mempan.

Ga lama jg sih Deddy on the stage, trus gantian ama pesulap Malaysia. Ada satu yang jayus banget, mo ng-joke ga nyampe...penonton malah uring2 an. Ada lagi yg make topi pesulap gitu, ntah sapa namanya (kalo ga salah Kevin...kecil org nya), goyang2 ma lagu Michael Jackson gitu..fair enough. Pokoknya Deddy lah yg paling OK performnya, gmana ngga? Impor langsung dari Indonesia, bonus rambutnya yang ngga pernah ganti model...

Nearly end of show, karna gw mo pegi nonton jam 11.30 nya, balik dulu ke Condo. Tp ga seru kalo ga jepret2 bareng Om Deddy Cobuzier, dengan sedikit kolusi dan nepotisme....akhirnya bisa foto bareng, Seeeppp...ga rugi, check some of them...

Visitors increased....

2005-12-26T09:54:00.000+08:00

I'll be out of here by an hour, but took my last time here to check out my sitemeter if there is some increase or not of the visitors of my blog. Actually I quite impressed, drastic increase in the graph haha at last my crazy promotion is paid off. Thanks dude and all my friends, keep watch my step.

Here is the graph (for December only..):

25 Dec 2005...Merry Christmast!! and New Year will come

2005-12-25T14:26:00.000+08:00

blog gw lumayan jg nih udah 2 bulan gw isi terus...rekor!!! biasanya 1 bulan jg udah paling lama. Maybe I am a little grown up or somethin...yeah rite!! watever!

Merry Christmas semua, semoga jadi Natal yang menyenangkan. Sayang disini ga ada salju yah, lebih keliatan natalnya...White Christmas. Kemaren malam Natal gw cuma nyelamatin cew gw aja, sekalian titip salam kesana kesini...mo gmana lg? pulsa gw bocor, ampir abis en gw cekak. Memang Natal ga ada hubungan ma gw, karna gw bukan Katolik ato pun Kristen...tp dari kecil sekeliling gw tu dipenuhi aura Yesus, dari sekolah, teman, en bahkan di Natalnya gw pernah bantu bikin kandang Natal. Not a big deal...tp bukan berarti gw bukan Islam lg, gw tetap Islam hehe and with respect, lets end my religous issue, rite now! hehe

Gereja di sebelah rumah tante gw rame banget, besar memang gerejanya...donaturnya pasti tajir abis dah, tp yg lucunya asitekturnya agak seperti mesjid..bikin ragu. Acara TV gw ga nonton, padahal tiap tahun kalo di Padang pasti nonton...dari Film Home Alone, Jack Frost ato yg Santa2 begitu...pasti nonton meski dah tua banget film nya.

Hari ini cuma di rumah aja, tunggu matahari bergulir jatuh...jadi besok gw udah bisa pulang. Makan, rokok trus WC...lanjut ke komik, trus ke laptop...lingkaran setan!!

LAST JOURNEY!!
Departure to : Padang
Departure time: 11.30AM
Departure date: 26 December 2005
Purpose : spend New Year there,wif Vera (nothing more...nothin less..)

Posting tertunda dari atas rel (+/- 24 jam...)

2005-12-24T22:18:00.000+08:00

Ini postingan dari kereta api malam Taksaka, delay +/- 24 jam, yang pasti sekarang menunjukkan jam 8.16 malam. Ini yang kedua kali nya gw naek Taksaka amlem, yang sebelumnya Taksaka siang. Tapi kayanya ini kereta api yang sama deh, soalnya pramugari nya sama dengan yang dulu. Hehe kok gw inget ya? Soalnya pramugarinya hot sih, bedanya dengan pesawat, pramugari kereta Cuma 2 orang untuk 4 gerbong. Kalo pramugari pesawat kan bisa 4 orang buat 1 kabin, jelas aja lebih mahal….pemandangannya kan beda.

Barusan aja gw disuguhi roti ma pramugari nya, ya gw terima donk…lagian kan gratis, masuk dalam service. Tp kecut juga niat gw buat makan rotinya, kayanya sudah lama en ga dipanasin, jadi rada2 apek gitu. Kepaksa deh tu roti gw tangkringin aja di kursi sebelah gw yang kosong, minum aer putih nya aja. Gw tunda dulu ngetiknya, mo nonton TV nya, ada Santa Claus gitu hehe suasana natal di dalam kereta.

11.09 malam.......
Great movie barusan, bagus dan menyentuh. Udah berapa lama sejak terakhir nonton film bagus, ga lama2 banget sih…kemaren ini sempat nonton Interstate 60…inspirational banget. Mulai sekarang gw putusin buat naik kereta api aja selama di Jawa, jadi jangan harap gw bakalan yg lain selain pesawat kalau jurusannya Padang-Jakarta. Banyak yang bisa lihat disini, terutama karakter2 manusia…memang panggung sandiwara, benar Nicky Astria.

Oya, tadi gw makan bistiknya Taksaka…nice and quite delicious. Salahnya mereka masukin kebanyakn kecap gitu ke dalamnya, jadi kelewat manis…tp gpp deh, enak kok. Emang pernah sih ada yang bilang ke gw kalo bistik punya Taksaka itu paling enak, tapi gw baru aja nyobain. Sorry mama, sayurnya tetap aja gak gw habisin.

Ini ada puisi baru gw bikin selama di atas rel:

Kotak besi diatas rel
Kelam
Menyelami malam
Terlewati kabut temaram
Cepat dan berderu
Mengendap-endap
Selalu ketahuan

Pandangi hijau
Gak ada hijau
Pandangi biru
Yang ada hitam
Mereka beberapa bersaudara
Erat terikat
Laju mengikuti aroma
Besi dan metal

jam 04.30 pagi...
shit..harusnya gw uda sampe ini, ga tau nya masi sejam lagi katanya. Kereta nya kebanyakan berenti sih tadi di jalan...kena tilang mungkin. Untung aja ketemu temen tadi, ngobrol panjang lebar ditemani kepulan marlboro dan sampoerna sahut menyahut. Hangga namanya, asal Medan, tugas sebagai AU di Jogjakarta, pangkat perwira...dan lagi2 bikin gw ga enak...umurnya masih 22 - anak buahnya 30 orang. Gw jadi sedih aja sedikit karna belum jadi apa2, malah kerja apa2 an yang ada. Kita ngobrol banyak...terutama politik, militer, government policy, sosial dan pendidikan. Ternyata tentara itu ga serem2 banget - pada awalnya sih kebayang sepatu bot besar baju loreng, yaaa...kerjanya nendangin orang minta kopi gratis - yang ini justru baik banget, gampang senyum...ketawa lagi. Moga2 semua image negative mereka bisa dirubah seiring lahirnya Hangga baru yang berpendidikan seperti itu (kata org pendidikan si Hangga ini mahal banget and super-bonafit buat ke-tentaraan...katanya sih di Surabaya...)

Udah ah...gw cobain aja tidur, walau sejam...kerut2 di pelupuk mata gw udah mulai keliatan soalnya, mana mulai item lg. Great view, great person, great journey.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Munich

2005-12-22T20:11:00.000+08:00

Munich, a movie by Steven Spielberg and that's it...that's all I need to know about. Spielberg's movie will always be a boom. no matter how colosal or oldies it is. The review wrote that it took place in after Munich Olympic's massacre in 1972, something to do about the Isreali somethin. The lead role will be Eric Bana, I think he was also the actor in Jurassic Park, am I right? For the complete review, you must click here

Actually I never heard about this movie until I see the full review, so if it's old or new...I don't know. But I love Steven Spielberg's creation, even we can catch the emotion in War of the Worlds. The problem that makes this movie look like a crap was because people are expecting much about heroic scene, but responsible father.

Yet another movie that worth to be waited for is Da Vinci Code by Tom Hanks. I am really have much curiousity what Tom Hanks will look like in that movie. But his acting ability could be counted as the best in Hollywood and will be seated in the same row with Al Pacino and Robert de Niro. Tom Hanks can act like a man with low IQ (Forrest Gump) and foreigner with perfect accent (The Terminal), and he did it perfectly...bravo. So it will be no matter for him to be a simbiology lecturer like Robert Langdon, or somethin quite natural person (I won't say that Langdon has a really natural personality...he's obsession to iconology was quite freak me out)

Talkin about books, Da Vinci Code is one from many books that people like to blog about. Harry Potter: The Half-Blood Prince also on the list. The rest of books on the list most likely books that talk about economics and politics, or other paranoia that too much to handle by me. I hate boring books. The list was arranged by New York Times, see the full list

Leave Yogya soon

2005-12-22T00:46:00.000+08:00

I almost running out of time here, for the next 2 days I'll be gone for good haha not really. I might come to visit my brother again, but off course not...in near future. I'll be going to Jakarta to see my mom for a while. Actually I am not sure if I'll take the night train or the morning one. Both of them will sure be fine, but I think I'll take the morning one...two reasons: more views and more people to talk to. Let's deal with it tomorrow

Next stop : Jakarta
Departure date: 24 December 2005
Departure time: either 10.00 AM or 8.30 PM

I just called my girlfriend. She apologize coz she turned off the cellphone, coz she is in the middle of study for the exam tomorrow. No problem sweetie, I will just lookin forward for the New Year Eve that we will spend together. Good luck for ur exam....Love the voice that keep buzzing in my head

Yogyakarta, the rainy city

2005-12-19T23:02:00.000+08:00

To be proud of, I am not in vain no more. I am glad, I lost all the burden that I took all this long. I am not gonna tell what it is about, or how it is gonna be. Coz it's over and I am gonna over it for sure. If it is a year ago, I will say that I'll be a bew man or somethin...no, not today. I am just gonna say "just face tomorrow more lightly.."

I am still in Yogyakarta now, where everything seem to be very cheap in value haha...I am not kiddin, every single things here are very cheap, you can name it: food, shoes, clothes...anythin. Especially when u have "quality" as the second thought in mind.

Malioboro Street, placed near Tugu Train Station, is the best place to shop. If you imagine Malioboro as clean tidy spot, u re out of your mind...but mark this out, it is lovely at night. The shopping activity took place in the pedestarian walk, haha the cheap stuff are here (especially when u re smart enough in bargaining...here we go, girl..). I am not really good in bargaining, so I was just able to bring a pair of shorts...nothin more. Intersted in art, welcome to the house!! In Malioboro, u even can smell the art, "pengamen" (street artist..) treat this place as their home.Every single night, most of them are students, perform music, traditional art or sell painting or sculpture. Yogyakarta is Malioboro.

miss somethin, somethin fancy to buy, there is Malioboro Mall around. I tell ya...complete shopping spot. (I placed the picture of Malioboro above..)

Post from Citraland

2005-12-09T14:55:00.000+08:00

Jakarta, in a really good mood

Arrived on last Saturday, this is my first post since I drop my ass into Jakarta. Quite amazing to see Jakarta, everytime I come. As a capital city, Jakarta is the best place to spend money and look for somethin new. With no offense, unfortunately Jakarta is not the best place for un-patient people. Yesterday was even worst, I went from Daan Mogot to Slipi for almost two hours, sleepy and dissent in Blue Bird Taxi. God Bless me, I can control myself not to yell to a motorcycle which hit the cab from the back. WHAT THE F***! From "experienced" people I learn about "never late" or "never make any exact appointment", coz they will never work hahaha...I got the point though

I woke up quite early this morning to bring my grandmother's eyedrop. She is quite okay now, compare the last time I see hear with all pipe all over her body. She is still struggling to complete her physiotherapy...yeah some part of her body are still numb from the effect of stroke she got earlier. Now, I miss her spirit to teach and read, coz she never do that anymore...she is too weak to do all that things, for some times she wasn't able to talk. Wish u all the best Eyang...

After about an hour, I flew away to Citraland, the nearest mall around the hospital. See...when I say the nearest, it means less than 2 hours on ride. The last time I was here around 4 years ago, so I can't quite remember the place. Woow...It's quite big inside, good stuff and ladies off course.....how miserable I am when I thought it's not worth it to be explored. The problem just the distance I have to take from here to my place, quite far and spend to much money for the cab. Naahh...that's okay, coz this is the only place that I can meet my girlfriend. She never want to go somewhere that too far from her university...fine. ahahha

Next stop : Jogjakarta Departure time : 8.15 AM (by train..) Departure date : Monday, 12 December 2005

Wait for me in Jakarta

2005-11-29T18:01:00.000+08:00

It's been 2 weeks since I came to Padang and guess what...I am not feeling so bored anymore. I have a quite great time here with my friends, my meal and also my room. The worst came last Saturday, I had a big fight wif my girlfrind - quite annoying actually - but at least we can settle down and drop the subject right away. I always love you girl...you know that, don't you?

I got some tasks to do before I go to Jakarta. Few "inside stuff" and my mom also want me to take some of her shoes - you don't want to know how many. I miss my brother in Jogja too, I wish I can go as soon as possible. Have a lot of things to tell you bro....

This is maight be my last post this week. Hope I will post more after my journey around Java hahaha

Depature date : 3 December 2005
Departure time: 06.00 AM (not even close to breakfast...shhh)

Terror will never be stopped

2005-11-22T01:29:00.000+08:00

Few days ago, brothers of terror had lost one of their mastermind. Dr. Azahari shot dead in the middle of his pursuit in Batu, Malang, Indonesia. Dr. Azahari was the mastermind of Bali Bombing 1 and Bali Bombing 2, including several bombings that put Indonesia into the worst nightmare for the last 5 years. After Bali Bambing 1 around 5 years ago, Dr. Azahari has been the most wanted terrorist in the South East Asia, not only for Indonesia Intelligent but also for the CIA and Australian Intelligent. The success of his capture, following by his death create a refreshment to the citizen and also to the international world. The big question is: CAN IT BE STOPPED? The answer is HELL BIG NO!!

Terror is an act that run by a person or by a group of people, to plant fear to everybody's heart and make people fell "we have to give what they want, unless they will do more damage". Terror used to be done over and over, until the terrorist reach their target. Honestly, the method is really good.

"Put everyone in the depth of fear, don't let them sleep tight every single night, make every step of them unsafe, always jeopardize something precious to them"

Believe me, after constant danger you fell, you will surrender. At least that what the terrorist expected. This kind of terror needs HUGE SACRIFICES and this sacrifices comes with what you are believe in most. This can be religion, politic views or race issues. Maybe some people wondering, what is that with the suicidal bombing to voice their terror? It might be nothing for us, but for some lunatics...this could be everything. How? By doing extreme action like that, like it or not people will start listening.

"It is all about message"

The complete story about death of Dr. Azahari, CNN Version

I am home...(3 days after.)

2005-11-19T10:27:00.000+08:00

It's funny when you know everything are not just I expected to be. Chronologically, 5 days before today, I slept on my stinky bed wondering about beautiful things about my hometown, Padang. I planned to go everywhere, the new plaza...La Belo, the beach, my friend's place and even to my high-school.

15 November 2005, I arrived at the new airpot, MIA (Minang International Airport)...also a brand new airport. So I thought that I will see more brand new stuff a second after I hit the town. Yeah, it's quite true...few thing are diferrent and makes me fell excited for the next day, when I hit the road with my Harrier.

16 November 2005, I ate very good breakfast that I never had for the last 4 months. And I went to LaBelo for the first time and everything went dull. Nobody there, just a bunch of people...quite old and I never met them before. OKay...Fine, I went straight to my friend's place who unfortunately in the middle of exams...ok great. Lose grip to handle. I went home, watch movie and wait till dawn to call my girlfriend, which the best thing I did for the wole day.

17 November 2005, No differences from the last day. Except my sister's birthday quite cheered me up. Happy Birthday Gita...Love you. The party, actually, quite annoying...why? too many toddlers to handle and too much noise. You know, kids these days...hahaha

18 November 2005, Still in progress...I plan to go to my girlfriend's parent's house. Hope today I can catch up with some of my buddys

NB: HTML, XML, VBscript, CSS, M-Access, JavaScript....

iPod Neuron

2005-11-13T12:02:00.000+08:00

WTF is this? If anyone who never heard about this tiny little baby here, you should quit using radio. First of all, I hate to admit that I want it really bad...then I have to keep dreamin about it. Second of all, welcome to 21st century...this little bad-ass is really rockzz.

Ok ladies and gentleman...this iPod nano, the new generation of Apple iPod, you don't wanna miss it. Look at the shape and the gesture (what re we talkin about again?)
Here some clues:

Touch and Go ==> iPod nano’s Click Wheel puts music under your thumb. Click to fast-forward, rewind, play, pause or access menus
It holds up to three days’ worth of music. It plays for up to 14 hours between battery charges
It displays the color album art for the song you’re listening to right now
Up to 4GB(2) of skip-free storage on a featherweight iPod means you can wear almost three days’ worth of music around your neck
pencil-thin iPod nano packs the entire iPod experience into an impossibly small design

After seeing this, I am just wondering if next generation iPod will able to set an implant for music through our brain. I can imagine the name....iPod Neuron, who knows?

Pain the Joy

2005-11-12T12:43:00.000+08:00

Basically nothing seems important. I guess it doesn't bother me. I've just been letting everything wash over me recently. I can't be bothered with anything.

Current Mood: blase

But if I think it over, maybe it's not that bad. I won't feel that I'm too pathetic to startin over after what I've been through.

I wake up quite early this morning and went to play some ball with Bob. At first it was quite hard too keep up, coz it's been a while since I played the last time. After that I carried on, so not bad. Even though I got the feeling that I won't play anymore haha. For now I am really enjoying what I'm doin. The blog and the computer thing, maybe I want to learn about PHP tonight. Life is to carry on, baby.....

I just read some poems of Khalil Gibran and find some words that really interesting. If anyone want to enjoy "the bread and wine" of Gibran, visit this site. This is some of the words that I love:

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.
And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy"

Seems that pain and joy are the gift from God. Now I see why some of people and cult use something hurt as they religious method. May I conclude this poem by "love the pain, so you can love the joy".

my worst day was yesterday

2005-11-11T10:16:00.000+08:00

Because yesterday was a bad day, it's not making this day better. I am just want to think that I am on the right track. Something that I felt good about yesterday that I have a real good friends. Although they kinda a bit pushy about stuff but I think they are right, really guyz.

Yesterday I got caught by my warden about the room rent, which I think it is normal. The worse part is that I also got caught about my smoking things and also the hot plate. But he didn't mind about my ciggarretes and hot plate, coz "buddy my dear friend, you already in a big trouble now...so why don't u just start to pack your things?" hahaha that right and I am still laughing here and wait for something even worse. No big deal, my rent would be settled by today and get ready for the next step

Today is Richie's Birthday Party, no it's not even a party....even better, it's a food happen here. Eat everything till you gonna throw up...what is better than that? Hope I won't forget it, coz today will be my last day to fell somethin "OKAY' this year. ANyway, Happy Birthday Richie...

NB: Never cheat about your birthday's date again....you make us all confuse, it is 7th November rite? hahaha

Book, coffee and cigar

2005-11-10T11:02:00.000+08:00

A minute ago, I opened some blog of my friends and found some discussion about Dan Brown's book: Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons . ohohoho wait, I won' discuss it here coz if anyone want to hear the review about "complicated, sophisticated, new world order and conspiracy" things, then it is not the place. Believe me, it was quite confusing for me to decide which is wrong and right, since I read the book. Ok stop me here!! plz!!

Anyway, speakin about book and stuff. Sometimes I imagine what kind of ideal life I want to be through, especially in "Leisure Time". When I would not be bothered by assignments and test paper. Or when I don't have to think about "money cancer" problem. Maybe I already know what will I have for that kind of time. Let's see:

Books, somethin like non-fiction novel (but no scientific issues in it). Da Vinci Code is jut what I need.
Coffee, no instant coffee. I mean real coffee, which we have to put our own sugar and our own milk. Tea might be an option.
Cigar, this one is the luxury one. I wonder if somebody want to give me as a gift. I thing Fidel Castro do not really need his cigar anymore. Why? hmm..he's gettin older?

That's what I call life. I might read the book with coffee and cigar by ny side. I don't care if it happens in my room, in the basketball court or even in...toilet? haha nah juz kiddin. Now I kinda stuck with my Marlboro or sometimes Mild Seven. No wonder they said that ciggaretes could cause cancer, especially to your feeling.

France on fire

2005-11-09T07:58:00.000+08:00

I woke up early this morning and by any chance read some online newspaper, New York TImes and CNN. I was pretty surprised to read several news about the worst riot in decades that took place in France, especially in Paris. Apparently, the riots had came into its 12th day (the police sure got a very hard time). Lets see, the cause of the riots is quite interesting though. A country, no....a powerful country like France might be fallen to riots because some political things, such as government foreign policy, Greenpeace policy, nuclear threat or might be when Marseille lose 10-0 from Club Brugge, Belgium. The fact is none of the above cause turned out to be the catalisator. It was caused by racism and discrimination issue. Honestly, for me...it is a SHOCK, coz I thought there were just the third-world country, like Indonesia, who still deal with this kind of issue. The civil unrest forced the France government to declare state-emergency, for further information, read this article.

The civil unrest in France, for a reason was kind a give me some new discovery. The racism and discrimination issue are not just happened in third-world country, like Indonesia, South Africa, etc. The assimilation between the native and the immigrants which do not work out, will always or might be lead to insatisfaction for each other. I hope the ability of human being to accept others and live with them will increase as the matter of time. Coz if not, France won't be the last civil unrest that happened among big nations. Viva humanity.